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Ex-Santa Clara Cop Gilbert Evades Jail Time
A former Santa Clara police captain who was part of a group that orchestrated a bizarre campaign of harassment won’t spend any more time behind bars. Brian Gilbert, 56, of San Jose, was the last in a ring of seven former eBay employees to see sentencing for cyberstalking. The group targeted a Massachusetts couple that published a newsletter critical of the company.
Retiree Gets 15 Years In Prison For Shooting Unarmed Man In Leg
A retired San Jose engineer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting an unarmed 21-year-old student who was walking to a store to get snacks in 2022. Mark Henry Waters, 68, shot the man while he was trying to run away, shattering his femur in several places, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.
California Residents to Receive $500 a Month Payments: Do You Qualify?
California is rolling out a new guaranteed income initiative aimed at alleviating poverty and supporting vulnerable residents. The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) is launching the Advancing Fresno County Guaranteed Income program, which will provide $500 per month for 12 months to selected households in central California’s Fresno County.
Los Gatos Meadows developer agrees to $1.1 million asbestos settlement
After the Los Gatos Meadows senior living project was slammed, in 2022, by Town officials over height concerns and not taking heed of requests to rejig the hill-perched site to allow in more lower-income residents, Covia Communities—the developer—disappeared. That April, it merged with Glendale-based Front Porch Communities and...
In season at Andy’s Orchard
Fans of fresh, ripe and local fruit will want to venture to Andy’s Orchard in east Morgan Hill before the short stone fruit harvest is complete in a few weeks. Owned and operated by renowned grower Andy Mariani, the orchard off Half Road features many unique, rare and boutique varieties—many developed by Mariani himself—of plums, peaches, nectarines and pluots. Earlier this summer, Mariani’s tree-ripened cherries and apricots flew off the shelves at the farm’s fruit stand at 1615 Half Road.
Santa Clara County records first Racial Justice Act violation
The Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office has filed more than a dozen motions over the last four years contesting racist criminal charges against people of color. Only one has been sustained in court. The county recorded its first Racial Justice Act violation last month since the landmark California law passed in 2020. The bill,... The post Santa Clara County records first Racial Justice Act violation appeared first on San José Spotlight.
San Jose man who shot unarmed Airbnb guest gets 15 years prison
A San Jose man who was convicted of shooting an unarmed college student staying at an Airbnb in 2022 will spend more than a decade in prison, prosecutors announced Thursday.According to Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, a judge sentenced 68-year-old Mark Henry Waters to 15 years. Waters was convicted in March of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in connection with the October 2022 incident.During the trial, Waters argued that the gun went off accidentally. At sentencing, he urged the court for a sentence of probation.In a statement Thursday, Rosen called the sentence a "sensible verdict for a senseless...
San José Police Arrest Suspect in 2022 Homicide Case Following International Search
The San José Police Department has made an arrest in the case of the city's 35th homicide from the previous year, involving a male victim who was fatally shot in the 600 block of River Oaks Parkway. The suspect, Carlos Hernandez Monroy, 30, formerly a resident of Hayward, California, was apprehended on May 27 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in McAllen, Texas, per the San José Police Department.
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