CRIME & SAFETY
Capitola Police arrest suspect on multiple charges
CAPITOLA, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Capitola Police arrested a suspect on multiple charges after getting a call of a car being broken into Monday night. At around 7:12 p.m., officers were dispatched to a vehicle theft that was in progress. According to a witness, a man was able to successfully break into a Mercedes in front of a Whole Foods. Even though the suspect ran off, officers were given an accurate description of the person.
Santa Cruz apartment fire forces evacuations, police say
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Santa Cruz fire said a fire broke out at an apartment complex at 129 Grant Street on Tuesday. Currently, residents of the apartment complex and surrounding buildings are being evacuated, per police. At least three injuries were reported, two of them suffered from burns. Residents...
Remembering fallen officers
The Never Forget Memorial Relay was held Sunday in Aptos Village Park. The eighth annual event featured 33 teams of four from police and fire departments, California State Parks, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office, the county Probation Department and others whose teams ran one 4-mile leg through the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park.
Cupertino police arrest suspected drunk driver who hit children on sidewalk
A suspected drunk driver who hit four children on a sidewalk in the South Bay is under arrest Monday. Cupertino police say the man was under the influence of alcohol or drugs Saturday night when he crashed his pickup truck into a car on Foothill Boulevard. Investigators say he then...
Elderly man dies of injuries from February vehicle crash in San Jose
A 73-year-old Saratoga man has died from injuries suffered in a collision earlier this year in West San Jose, authorities said Monday.The man was driving an Infinity sedan, heading north on Saratoga Avenue, when his car rear-ended a Lexus SUV stopped in traffic near Moorpark Avenue about 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, authorities said.He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and stabilized but died on April 22.The Santa Clara County medical examiner identified him as Robert F. Hughes III of Saratoga and determined that injuries suffered in the crash contributed to his death.The driver and passenger of the Lexus SUV remained on the scene and cooperated with police.Hughes' death is San Jose's 14th fatal collision this year.
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