HPD, CHP focuses on enforcement in school zones during April
Efforts to stop ‘zombie drivers’ from being distracted behind the wheel will happen statewide this month
‘The Caretaker’: Fine acting on a delicate tight rope
Anyone who isn’t familiar with the plays of Howard Pinter should be alerted of what to expect. They are not everyone’s cup of tea. Pinter can terrorize with characters who inhale the air around them with long pauses and stories that really have no real plot but are gripping, cruel and callous.
Scrapbook April 6
HONORS: Gavilan employees of the month Gavilan College named Connie Phillips and Fran Lopez as its Employees of the Month for April.
Concern over faults could spur San Juan School closure
Seven of the 23 most seismically vulnerable school buildings in California – including five of six permanent classroom buildings – are on the campus of San Juan School, where the results of state-mandated seismic trenching could either force the school to be condemned and relocated or require a multimillion-dollar retrofit.
Police expand Sierra search south
The search for Sierra LaMar, 15, will expand to San Martin and Gilroy Thursday, nearly three weeks after the missing Morgan Hill resident was reported missing.
Community Easter egg hunt Saturday
Gilroy families are invited to meet the Easter Bunny and wander through the grass in search of Easter eggs at Christmas Hill Park on Saturday for the annual Easter egg hunt.
A mess of stress
After her husband passed away, Sandi Bond Chapman says she “could feel it immediately.”
In 3-2 vote, supervisors OK talks on fire contract with Hollister
San Benito County supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to start negotiations with the City of Hollister on a contract for fire services, a move that would end a nearly 60-year relationship between the county and Calfire.
GPD faces damages in officer-involved fatal shooting
The Gilroy Police Department is facing as much as $1.25 million in damages after a federal civil jury Tuesday found a Gilroy police officer was negligent for fatally shooting a 33-year-old man in 2008 on Pacheco Pass, according to a press release from the GPD.
Crime, behavior experts weigh in on Sierra kidnapping scenarios
Two renowned experts who have spent their entire careers profiling violent, shady criminals and analyzing human behavior say that Sierra LaMar’s likely kidnapper – or kidnappers – probably stalked the missing teen before grabbing her from the street outside her home, and the victim’s personality is the polar opposite of her captor’s - an attribute that could end up saving her life.
