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Nestled between The Claddagh and Little Caesars Pizza in the Hecker Pass Plaza off of First Street, Little India is Gilroy’s only Indian restaurant. In a shopping center filled with an array of international cuisine options, Little India provides a warm atmosphere and an attentive customer service experience.Owned by Rani Bains and Gurmit Singh, and managed by Nikki Bains, the restaurant, open since September 2015, offers local Indian food lovers a reprieve from trekking the distance to San Jose in search of a good quality South Asian meal.

Police arrested a woman who stabbed a man during a domestic dispute in north Morgan Hill, according to authorities.Morgan Hill Police officers responded to the Madrone Mobile Estates at 200 Burnett Ave. about 9:30 p.m. Nov. 1 to investigate a report of a domestic dispute, according to a Nov. 2 press release.When officers arrived, they learned a male victim was bleeding and walking around the residence, police said. Officers located the 65-year-old victim and provided medical attention to lacerations on his upper torso.The victim told the officers that he was stabbed by suspect Lexi McClain with a box cutter, according to police. He also told police McClain was still in their residence.Based on this information, officers entered the residence and arrested McClain without incident, police said. The victim was transported to Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, with non-life threatening injuries.McClain was booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and felony domestic violence, police said.Anyone with information about this incident can call MHPD at (669) 253-4965 or the anonymous tip line at (408) 947-7867.

Statewide political action committees and unions are a growing presence on the campaign trail for local elected offices for the City of Morgan Hill, as the latest funding disclosure forms filed by those running for mayor and two council seats show.Candidates for the mayor’s seat and two city council positions filed their latest campaign finance disclosure forms in accordance with the California Fair Political Practices Commission guidelines, just before the Oct. 27 deadline.Two political action committees representing real estate interests in California have contributed a total of $3,000 to three candidates.The California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) contributed $1,000 each to incumbent Mayor Steve Tate and incumbent Councilman Larry Carr, as well as $500 to council candidate Mario Banuelos.The California Apartment Association (CAA) has contributed $250 each to Carr and Tate’s campaigns, according to their latest FPPC forms, which are on file at the Morgan Hill City Clerk’s office.CREPAC, based in Los Angeles, represents the legislative aims of the California Association of Realtors by “managing and administering funds to support candidates for local, state and federal offices,” according to the association’s website, car.org.The CAA is “the largest statewide rental housing trade association in the country committed to protecting the interests of rental housing owners and managers,” reads the association’s website, caapac.org. The CAA’s political action committee makes contributions to candidates for public office “who are receptive to the concerns of rental property owners and managers statewide.”Unions representing firefighters, electrical workers, construction employees and other industries have chimed in as well, contributing thousands of dollars to various local candidates.The election is Nov.8. Running against Tate for mayor are Kirk Bertolet and Joseph Carrillo. Running for two seats on the council are Carr, incumbent Marilyn Librers, Banuelos, Armando Benavides and Rene Spring. The top two vote recipients in the council race will gain the two available seats.Carr has raised $3,000 since the September FPPC deadline, bringing the total fundraising for his 2016 candidacy to $8,844. Contributions to Carr’s campaign in the last month include $250 from the South County Democratic Club, $500 from the San Jose-based International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 332 labor union and $500 from the Santa Clara County Construction Trades Council labor union.Carr also received $300 from developer Gordon Jacoby, who sold about 20 acres of property to the city in July 2015 for about $5.3 million. The agricultural property is located on the corner of Tennant Avenue and U.S. 101, and the city purchased it as a future site of baseball and softball fields.Librers’ late October campaign funding disclosures show that she has raised $6,523 in the last month, bringing her total for the year to about $13,867. Her contributors include the Sacramento-based Lincoln Club of Northern California PAC ($500), the CalFire Local 2881 union ($1,000), developer Monterey Dynasty LLC ($3,000), Firato Services ($500) and the E&H Family LP ($500).Monterey Dynasty is the developer of the Diamond Creek residential project on Monterey Road south of Vineyard Boulevard. Firato Services is a janitorial contractor that currently has a contract to clean city-owned facilities.The Lincoln Club PAC “recruits, mentors and supports local, state and federal candidates that strengthen fiscal and personal responsibility and free enterprise,” according to their website thelincolnclub.com.Banuelos reported another $945 in contributions since the Sept. 24 filing, bringing his total campaign funds collected this year to $4,199. Recent contributors include CREPAC ($500) and Morgan Hill Planning Commissioner John McKay.Spring, a city planning commissioner, remains in the fundraising lead among all city candidates, though most of the $36,281 funding his campaign since last year was contributed by him and his husband.Since the late September filing, Spring has raised $2,745 in campaign funds. Top contributors include the IBEW 332 Education Fund ($500), Laborers LO 279 PAC ($500), Santa Clara/Benito Building Trades union ($500) and the South County Democratic Club ($250).Bertolet reported three contributions to his campaign for mayor since September. These include a $300 contribution from Larry Breniman. Bertolet’s total campaign contributions come out to $5,925, mostly provided by himself, according to the FPPC filings.Tate’s latest campaign disclosures show he has raised just over $2,000 since the September filing, and a total of $12,320 for the year so far. Among his top contributors are CREPAC, Morgan Hill resident and longtime farmer George Chiala ($250), the CAA PAC and PG&E ($250).The mayor’s campaign expenditures indicate his support for candidates in other races, including John Varela for the Santa Clara Valley Water District director’s seat, and Mary Patterson for Morgan Hill Unified School District board of trustees. Tate’s campaign contributed $100 to each of those candidates.Candidates are required to file a “Form 497” whenever they receive a contribution totaling $1,000 or more within 90 days prior to the election, according to City Clerk Irma Torrez.Carrillo and Benavides are not required to file campaign finance disclosures or form a campaign committee because they do not expect to raise or spend more than $2,000 on their respective election efforts, Torrez said.

JoAnne Perez Robinson worked for five days in the heat painting the traffic box outside the Gilroy Center for the Arts. While she toiled away at the rich agricultural scene honoring local field workers, her dad, Raymond Perez, came each day carting along a picnic lunch and an umbrella to shield her from the Gilroy sun—sitting with her the entire time she painted.

More victims have come forward after police arrested a Morgan Hill man on suspicion of sexual assault this summer, according to authorities.On July 19, San Jose Police officers responded to a report of a sexual assault that had occurred in San Jose, according to an MHPD Facebook post. The woman had been victimized by the suspect, Damou Evans, 46, multiple times in one evening.San Jose Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit investigated the incident and arrested Evans in August, according to police.After SJPD released Evans’ arrest information, seven more female victims came forward to report the same suspect had assaulted them, authorities said.“By these additional victims coming forward, the original complaint was amended to include a ‘multi-victim’ enhancement, potentially exposing the suspect to a ‘life’ sentence,” the MHPD Facebook post, dated Oct. 27, said.

It was a long afternoon at the REI Co-op, but now you have all the gear. The backpack is comfortable, and the boots feel like bedroom slippers. After a little research, you are feeling pretty comfortable with your backpacking know-how. The big question now is where do you go on your very first backpack trip?

A Morgan Hill personal trainer accused of sexually assaulting clients was arrested in court Thursday after prosecutors added six more alleged victims to the case against him.David Wolfsmith, 49 of Morgan Hill, now faces a total of 13 female accusers, according to Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Tim McInerny.Based on the statements of the new victims, McInerny filed nine more felony charges against Wolfsmith and asked the judge to increase his bail to $750,000. The judge agreed to do so, and sheriff’s deputies took him into custody in the courtroom and transported him to county jail.Before the Oct. 27 hearing, Wolfsmith was out of custody in lieu of $325,000 bail, and he faced a total of 13 counts related to seven victims, according to authorities. He now faces more than 20 felony charges, including multiple counts of sexual battery by fraud.If convicted, Wolfsmith faces up to 28 years in prison.McInerny said Wolfsmith continued to train clients at his former facility in Morgan Hill after he was charged with initial sexual battery allegations in April, and even after the city revoked his business license in June. In August, he obtained a business license for a “personal training” facility from the City of San Jose.“He totally thumbed his nose at the city (of Morgan Hill) and us, and has moved his operations to San Jose, where he has taken out a business license,” McInerny said. “We felt this was a danger to public safety,” prompting the DA’s office to request the higher bail at the Oct. 27 hearing.Wolfsmith, along with his wife Julia Wolfsmith, are the former owners of Wolfpak Training Center, which was located in downtown Morgan Hill on Monterey Road at Third Street before the city revoked the business license.MHPD officers arrested David Wolfsmith April 11 on suspicion that he sexually assaulted five female victims who were clients at Wolfpak, according to police. In the ensuing investigation, a total of eight female victims have come forward to investigators to report similar offenses. Two of the initial victims were minors at the time of the suspected abuse. Police said the initial investigation into Wolfsmith started in February.Wolfsmith’s next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 21 at South County Courthouse.

As Coach Mike Gemo gathered his team following Live Oak’s 35-13 loss to Oak Grove, the attitude was not frustration over a loss, but a lifting up for a game well played.

Sobrato is in need of a win Thursday night after falling in five games to Pioneer on Oct. 20.

Sobrato is in need of a win Thursday night after falling in five games to Pioneer on Oct. 20.