Tag: california highway patrol
CHP warns of driving danger during Labor Day weekend
California Highway Patrol officers will be out in force during the heavily traveled Labor Day weekend.
Misdemeanor for drunken driver in crash that killed Andrel Gaines
One month after Gavilan basketball player and beloved Gilroy teenager Andrel Gaines would have celebrated his 20th birthday, the man who was involved in the car crash that killed him last November walked free.
DUI checkpoint Saturday in area
The Hollister-Gilroy office of the California Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety/driver license checkpoint on Saturday, July 14 within the south Santa Clara County area.
CHP warns about dangers of leaving children in hot car
Hot summer days across the country contributed to six child deaths so far this year from heat stroke when children were left unattended in vehicles; that fact has caused the California Highway Patrol to issue a warning about the extreme danger of leaving children in hot vehicles this summer.
DUI checkpoints slated for this weekend
The Gilroy Police Department plans to conduct a DUI a driver’s license checkpoint between 9 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. today at an undisclosed location and the California Highway Patrol will conduct one Saturday in South County.
Police respond to house party in San Martin, riot ensues
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department arrested two men at a loud party on the 14400 block of Columbet Avenue at 10:08 p.m. on Saturday night when a riot ensued after deputies arrived.
PG&E transformer was hauled through town
Friday, Red Phone answered a question from a caller about what was in a container being hauled by an extremely large truck police were escorting through town. Morgan Hill police said they did not escort the vehicle through Morgan Hill and the California Highway Patrol said their Monterey division was not responsible and was waiting to hear from their Golden Gate communications center. Alas, Friday, David Gittleson, an associate engineer with the city emailed the permit to Red Phone.
No answer yet to mysterious escort
“Dear Red Phone, I was at the Safeway gas station on Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. Morgan Hill police were escorting an extremely large truck that was pulling some sort of metal container. The container was so heavy that not only was it being pulled by a large semi, it was also being pushed by two large trucks the size of tow trucks. Traffic was stopped to allow this caravan to get through. As I headed home, traffic was stopped again at Butterfield Boulevard and Dunne Avenue. What was in this container?”
Former Gilroy resident wins $4.55M settlement for car accident
A former Gilroy resident who endured a debilitating car accident in 2009 on U.S. 101 in Monterey County near the Red Barn flea market has won a $4.55 million settlement from Caltrans, the estate of the other driver and Monterey County.
Police looking for ‘distracted drivers’
“There was a recent article about police cracking down on distracted drivers. I wanted to know if that also included an iPod while you were flipping through music. It says handheld mobile phones. Thank you.”
