Crime

Nine people were arrested, and 18 victims were recovered during a law enforcement operation targeting a Colombian-based sex trafficking operation operating in the South Bay.  The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced Nov. 7 that Operation Phoenix resulted in charges ranging from human trafficking,...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 17-23. April 17 • Someone vandalized a retaining wall with graffiti on Escobar Avenue. • A box of jewelry was reported stolen from a home on Cherrystone Drive. • A man was arrested...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of March 27-April 2, 2022. March 27 • A man was arrested for battery and disorderly conduct on the first block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 2:03am. • A man was arrested for...

A man suspected of attempting to kill a sheriff's deputy in Santa Clara County was taken into custody on Jan. 30, the Sheriff's Office announced.  Emmanuel Diaz Ramos, 41, was located at the Pruneyard Shopping Center in Campbell and was arrested and booked into the...

Three suspects involved in an armed robbery this morning near Highway 9 and State Route 35—where Skyline Boulevard and the route between Saratoga and Boulder Creek intersect—were at large on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said a victim had their...

The Town of Los Gatos has named its new top public safety official, a 20-year veteran cop who's been on the local force since 2009. Jamie Field started at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department as a rank-and-file officer, rising to the rank of Captain...

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...

A San Jose recycling company has been ordered by a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge to pay $25,000 in civil penalties for causing dangerous fires to start in the back of garbage trucks in Campbell.   The company, iDiskk, LLC, its principal Yue Zou,...

A group of teenagers who say they were victimized by Los Gatos resident Shannon O’Connor, who’s accused of throwing parties for minors and permitting sexual abuse to take place at her home, filed into the Santa Clara County Superior Courtroom alongside parents on Jan....

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of July 17-23. July 17 • A caller reported a loud party had been going on for more than four hours on Daves Avenue at 12:44am. • A man was reportedly standing on Highway...