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Gilroy – The family of Gilroy resident Sean Merriman filed suit Monday against the truck driver who slammed into a Caltrans truck on April 4, killing their son. The lawsuit alleges that Louis Estrada Vasquez, an employee of Ponzini Community Garage, Inc. in Morgan Hill, was negligent while driving a tow truck on U.S. 101, causing Merriman's death. The tow company also was named as a defendant in the suit.

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Local triathlete Susan Robinson's race against cancer ended

Gilroy – David Vincent Reyes confessed to Gilroy police last week that he killed his girlfriend, Franca Barsi, in a fit of anger following an argument with the 38-year-old single mother, according to documents released during his Monday arraignment.

Andre Thom, 16, made his first solo flight last month