San Martin News

Jim Pettit II, the two-time NASCAR South West Tour champion, took the lead from Salinas's Robert Marsh on Lap 7 and led the final 18 rounds to win Ocean Speedway's IMCA modified 25-lap main event Friday night for his second feature this season.

His father is in jail, suspected of sexual abuse. His brother died of alcoholism.

A The young Morgan Hill man Santa Clara County Sheriff's investigators say kidnapped and murdered missing teen Sierra LaMar had been convicted of two misdemeanor crimes in 2009, court records reveal.

A 21-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with one count of murder and one count of kidnapping Monday in connection with the disappearance of Morgan Hill teen Sierra La Mar, according to authorities.

A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the disappearance of Sierra LaMar, the 15-year-old South Bay girl who has been missing since March, authorities said Monday.

Cruelty to Animals Valentin Jimenez, 40, of Gilroy , April 29, 4:10 p.m., at 13345 Foothill Ave.

Six earthquakes rang through Santa Clara County over the last week, with the strongest coming out of San Martin early Sunday morning.

In this photo taken Tuesday April 24, 2012, John Wolfinbarger, 87, of San Martin, Calif., who served on the battleship USS Iowa in the Pacific during World War II for nearly two years, watches as a crane lifts a 60-foot mast onto the historic ship for reattachment in Richmond, Calif.

Only three quakes got to shakin' Santa Clara County this week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website .

Every decision is important, even the ones that don't necessarily seem that crucial at the time they are made.

Three of the five sex offenders arrested in the course of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office's efforts to contact South County's 267 registered sex offenders have been identified.

Only three quakes got to shakin' Santa Clara County this week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website .

DUI Kiseok Lee, 41, of Cupertino , 10:43 p.m., April 19, at Homestead Road and Mary Avenue in Cupertino for two misdemeanors related to driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 and driving under the influence.