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In the world of local government, proclamations honoring employees’ service to the community are typically met with a few polite comments, a round of smiles and sometimes applause from the elected representatives giving out the recognition.

Sheriff’s deputies began conducting dozens of interviews with Morgan Hill and Fremont teens who might know anything about Sobrato High School sophomore Sierra LaMar, who was reported missing Friday.

Gilroy police have suspended the search for the body of Martha Gutierrez, 52, who they believe was shot and killed inside a car by her son Abel Gutierrez, 27. She was last seen Tuesday, the day before her 11-year-old daughter Lucero Luna-Gutierrez was murdered by Abel in their apartment off Kern Avenue in northwest Gilroy. Abel, an Iraq war veteran who apparently was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, then shot and killed himself.

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In lieu of an open seat on the Gavilan College Board of Trustees following the death of late trustee Mike Davenport, Gavilan is now soliciting nominations to fill the vacancy. 

Sheriff’s deputies plan to conduct dozens of interviews with Morgan Hill teens who might know anything about missing Sobrato High School student Sierra LaMar, who was reported missing Friday. 

Emergency responders used the Jaws of Life to rescue two severely injured family members from an overturned blue Honda Accord on Hecker Pass Road about a mile from Pole Line Road on Sunday morning.

House of Thunder Harley-Davidson was awarded Harley-Davidson’s Silver Bar & Shield Circle of Achievement Award for the 2011 calendar year. House of Thunder Harley-Davidson earned the Silver Circle of Achievement Award for the Western region based on their motorcycle and related sales performance, an evaluation of customer service and satisfaction, and various operational measures. 

Authorities have located the airplane that crashed in the Diablo Mountains and the deceased victim of the accident.