Crime

The criminal case against a man who ran an artisianal bakery in Los Gatos and is accused of several child sex offenses has been paused as the court decides if he’s mentally fit to stand trial. Ali Asghar Shemirani has been charged with three felonies...

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...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 3-9, 2022 April 3 • A man reportedly followed a woman as she walked on the 200 block of Winchester Circle at 9:27am. • Someone stole a purse at Vasona Park. • A...

On June 4, at approximately 8:54am, San José Police Department patrol officers responded to the 1900 block of Willow Street following a report of a sexual assault that had just occurred on the Los Gatos Creek Trail near Leigh Avenue, in San José. The adult...

When Capt. Derek Moye went over the military-style equipment the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department has in its arsenal, during the regularly scheduled Council meeting Tuesday, he emphasized none of it actually came from the Defense Department. This stood out to Councilmember Marico Sayoc, who...

Dec. 5 • A woman was arrested for being in possession of burglary tools and receiving known stolen property on the 600 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:15am. • A caller reported a man got off the bus and went into a store on...

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...

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...

It was another week where a variety of reports were made to local police... Dec. 26 • An RV was burglarized on Winchester Circle. Dec. 27 • Someone threw a rock through a window of a business on the 900 block of University Avenue. • A vehicle was burglarized...

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...