September 21, 2022 Former Broadcom Engineer Sentenced To Eight Months In Prison For Theft Of Trade Secrets By San Jose Inside Peter Kim, of Ben Lomond, stole trade secrets before he left the San Jose tech company, then used them while working at Chinese startup. Read More 1
September 9, 2021 KQED to Rebroadcast 1991 Documentary on Palestinian and Israeli Peace Talks in the South Bay By Katie Lauer “Jerusalem: The Bridge to Peace” will be aired on Sept. 13, 14, 23 and 25 on local KQED stations—30 years after its original production Read More 2
August 26, 2020 South Bay Sees Bizarre Mini-Boom as Thousands of Fire Evacuees Pour into Downtown By Janice Bitters The fires burning in the mountains south and west of San Jose have pushed 77,000 people to flee from Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. Read More 6
August 19, 2020 Santa Clara County Opens Resource Hub for Fire Evacuees By Jennifer Wadsworth Resident ordered to evacuate to escape the SCU Lightning Complex fire can find shelter at the Milpitas Library starting at 5pm. Read More 0
July 3, 2020 Facebook Bans Boogaloo Movement From Its Platform By Todd Guild The Ben Lomond shooting suspect Steven Carrillo is believed to be a member of a violent right-wing extremist group. Read More 3
June 22, 2020 FBI Lays Out Driver’s Role in Carrillo’s Oakland Killing By Todd Guild A federal agent involved in the case says he doesn’t believe Robert Alvin Justus Jr.’s claim that he tried to stop the shooting. Read More 1
June 18, 2020 Memorial Honors Fallen Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy By Tarmo Hannula and Todd Guild Hundreds of people gathered for Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller’s public funeral on Wednesday at Cabrillo College under sunny skies. Read More 0
June 16, 2020 Accused Deputy-Killer Steven Carrillo Tied to Oakland Slaying By Jacob Pierce The ex-military cop was also the shooter of two law enforcement officers in Oakland last month, according to U.S. Attorney Dave Anderson. Read More 1
June 11, 2020 Officer Who Served with Ben Lomond Gunman Speaks Out By Todd Guild As a member of the elite Air Mobility Command’s 60th Security Forces Squadron, Steven Carrillo was a highly trained military cop. Read More 2
June 9, 2020 Hours of Terror Ended, Thanks to Neighbor ‘John,’ Two Strangers and a Dog Named Brown By Silicon Valley Newsroom “This was a ... heroic thing that that resident did,” Sheriff Jim Hart said about the civilian intervention that apprehended a dangerous gunman. Read More 17
June 9, 2020 Ben Lomond Resident Stopped Gunman Steven Carrillo; FBI Probes Oakland Shooting Link By Todd Guild Resident tackled gunman and held him down until law enforcement officials arrived, according to Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart. Read More 2
June 8, 2020 Shooting Suspect Trained by U.S. Air Force in Explosives, Anti-Terrorism, Hand-to-Hand Combat By Silicon Valley Newsroom Steven Carrillo is to be charged this week with the murder of Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller and numerous other charges. Read More 5
June 7, 2020 Santa Cruz County Officer Killed in Ambush Shooting, Bombing By Todd Guild and Tarmo Hannula Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was a father of a young child, and was expecting a new one soon, Sheriff Jim Hart said. Read More 6
April 1, 2020 As Panic Buying Ensues, Dispensaries Try to Get Straight Answers in New Regulated Era By Hugh McCormick and Dan Mitchell The Bay Area retail cannabis industry reinvented itself overnight for shelter-in-place, and legal weed may never be the same again. Read More 2