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April 29, 2026

How a shooting upended holiday shopping just before Christmas

Oakridge Mall Shooting
Police said Tuesday they still had not located a suspect or a victim in a shooting at one of the main regional malls serving South Bay holiday shoppers. The San Jose Police Department received several calls about gunfire that occurred before 6pm at Westfield Oakridge,...

400+ guns turned in as part of firearm ‘buyback’ program

gun buyback haul
The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department participated in the Santa Clara County Gun Buyback at the Milpitas Community Center on May 22, which saw more than 400 firearms voluntarily turned in by residents.  Up to $100 was offered per handgun or rifle and $200 per...

Environmental prosecutor shares details of illegal medical waste probe

Bud Porter
Last week, as the country’s attention was transfixed on the manhunt for the person who gunned down a health insurance executive—which resulted in an outpouring of personal stories about patients being mistreated by the nation’s medical care system—the Santa Clara County DA’s Office held...

Sheriff candidate charged with perjury

Sheriff candidate
A 48-year-old Cupertino woman who ran for the position of Santa Clara County sheriff in the June 7 primary election has been charged with perjury for allegedly saying she had the law enforcement experience required to qualify for the job, prosecutors said. Anh Colton, who...

Authorities release the identities of two slain men discovered on Skyline Boulevard

Sean and Nicki smiling
The names of the two men whose bodies were found in a pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains a week ago were released Tuesday by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office. The identities of the victims, previously identified by family members, are Colter...

Woman in Hooters tank top walks onto Chestnut Ave. construction site (Police Blotter, June 12-18)

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 12-18, 2022. June 12 • A man was reportedly urinating in bottles behind a business on the 700 block of Blossom Hill Road. • A woman, wearing a “Hooters” tank top, reportedly...

​​Los Gatos man admits to murdering wife after New Year’s Eve domestic incident footage uncovered

Yeager's Home
This week, John Maxey Yeager was charged with first degree murder and felony false imprisonment of his wife, Yingying "Dawn" Yu, who had filed for a divorce that was never finalized.

Scammers dupe PG&E customers

Electrical towers and lines
The power company is raising the alarm about a seemingly ever-present danger that has nothing to do with arcing, downed wires or electricity surges, but sparked nearly seven-dozen reports in Los Gatos last year. Pacific Gas & Electric, Co. says it counted 43,000 customers being...

Police Blotter: Petty Larceny, Parking Violators, Tesla Thieves (July 20-26)

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police shoulder patch
The crimes of the week as logged by the Los Gatos Monte Sereno Police Department.

San Jose couple charged after prosecutors say task force seized 25,000 fentanyl pills

Fentanyl pills
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced a San Jose couple was charged today with three counts of possessing narcotics for sale, one count of child endangerment and unlawful possession of a firearm. This followed a drug task force raid that uncovered 25,000...

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