Crime

In the 30 days leading up to Nov. 9, 2022, in order to find 23 vehicles that might have been involved in a crime, the Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system scanned 458,411 plates, the Electronic Frontier Foundation found. Since then, Los Gatos’...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of Feb. 27-March 5, 2022. Feb. 27 • A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance on the 1500 block of Pollard Road at 4:43am. Another man was arrested...

A Los Gatos couple who said they needed their six-foot fence in part to protect themselves against antisemitic violence has been told they must tear it down. The Planning Commission unanimously refused to allow an exception to the three-foot-max rule for the property on Blossom...

A 53-year-old former Los Gatos resident was arrested yesterday by Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police at Kathleen MacDonald High School in San Jose, where he works; he was booked on suspicion of illegal communication with a minor and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. LGMSPD began...

A couple of hours before the yearly Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Foundation luncheon, Oct. 19, where Chief Jamie Field was set to recognize Jiffy Mart for its contribution to community safety, a call came in to the department. Days earlier, the store had become the...

Authorities have shared a tragic update to a story we brought you in this week's newspaper. The man who was brutally attacked at a Valley Transportation Authority light rail station in late September has died from his injuries. And because of this, the attempted murder case against Brandon...

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...

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police are investigating a pair of January assaults along walking paths in the St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve that appear to involve the same suspect.  On Jan. 13 at about 6:15pm, two people were threatened and assaulted by a man with...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 10-16. April 10 • A man was arrested for hit and run and driving under the influence of alcohol on University Avenue and Blossom Hill Road at 3:43am. • A vehicle was...

A North Bay police department said it had arrested, March 12, a man on attempted murder, vandalism and resisting arrest charges in Los Gatos. The Healdsburg Police Department said on Facebook it had arrested Damian Martines-Osorio in connection to an April 30, 2024 tire-slashing incident...