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April 7, 2026

Campbell PD sergeant who fatally shot man didn’t break the law, says DA report

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A Campbell Police Department sergeant who, on March 19, killed a man who shot at officers didn't break the law, a Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office report has found. According to the review, 31-year-old Miguel Gomez, who was under the influence of methamphetamine, had...

Use of digital surveillance tech by Los Gatos police questioned

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The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department has promoted its network of the license plate readers it’s set up around town to monitor traffic and alert it to vehicles deemed suspicious, handing out awards to officers who’ve used the cameras to crack cases and highlighting...

Los Gatos agrees to $800K body-cam, Taser deal with Axon Enterprises

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The Los Gatos Town Council unanimously approved a five-year $800,000 deal with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for body-worn cameras, tasers and digital evidence management

Police Blotter (July 13-19)

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Sunday, July 13 A possible child sex abuse imagery crime was reported at 8:22pm on Carlton Avenue. A friend of the reporting person said they’d found pornographic images on a tablet belonging to a 13-year-old girl. The images featured a man in bed with a...

Man arrested in Los Gatos by North Bay police on attempted murder charge

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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...

Los Gatos’ elementary school district to pay $5.1 million in child sex abuse case

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Updated: 11:58 am, Oct. 21, 2022 Los Gatos' public elementary school system has agreed to pay a total of $5.1 million to two men who were sexually abused as children by Blossom Hill Elementary School teacher Joseph Brian Houg, the lawyers for the victims said...

Man charged with rape to be extradited from France

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A 31-year-old Saratoga man accused of raping a woman and later admitting it can be extradited to the United States, a French court has ruled. And the lawyer who helped publicize the case says she’s “thrilled” to see Ian Thomas Cleary, who is charged with...

Man steals crate of cigarettes from a store on North Santa Cruz Avenue (Police Blotter, May 1-7)

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From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 1-7, 2022. May 1 • Petty theft was reported at a home on Kavin Lane. May 2 • Someone stole a vehicle’s license plate on Ann Arbor Drive. May 3 • Someone stole a package...

Sex offender fails to update registration, cops say; man shooting video refuses to leave post office area (Police Blotter, April 17-23)

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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...

Man attacked at VTA station has died

VTA's Gish Light Rail Station
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...

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