Sunnyvale’s new police chief is looking forward to fostering good working relationships with those in his department and improving public engagement. Last month, Sunnyvale hired Daniel Pistor as chief of the city’s public safety department. Following a nationwide search, the city promoted Pistor, who had been serving as the deputy chief of fire services. Ensuring … Read more
Armed employees at a Sunnyvale jewelry store foiled another attempted smash-and-grab robbery less than a week before police arrested five men for similar crimes. On the afternoon of July 18, surveillance footage captured video of approximately 10 would-be thieves descending on Nijjar Jewelers, 1024 E. El Camino Real in Sunnyvale. Just five days later, on … Read more
In what has become an annual tradition, members of the Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) and the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) gathered at a parking lot on the border between their two cities on June 27 to pass the torch, literally. The two departments transferred care of the Special Olympics torch, called the … Read more
Sunnyvale DPS officers have arrested the man connected to the city’s first homicide of 2025. Officers found and arrested 44-year-old Jesus Aguilera in Oakland on Friday, June 20, nearly a month after he was accused of shooting and killing a man on South Wolfe Road in Sunnyvale. According to investigators, around 7:42 p.m. on May … Read more
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety has identified the man involved in the city’s first homicide of 2025. DPS officers believe 44-year-old Jesus Aguilera of Sunnyvale shot and killed a man outside a home on South Wolfe Road on Thursday, May 29. Officers say Aguilera is a Hispanic male about 5’11” tall. He weighs about … Read more
A group of crooks that rammed a local jewelry store with a stolen car absconded from the scene of an attempted robbery after a Sunnyvale man pointed a gun at them. “I didn’t have time to think; it was just a gut reaction,” said V. Vasan, the owner’s husband. “I instinctively realized it was a … Read more
Sunnyvale police have dismantled a local “large-scale” brothel, arresting a cadre of johns and its madame. Just before 2 p.m. March 20, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety raided a commercial building on Reamwood Avenue, located in a business park north of Tasman Drive. During the execution of the warrant, Sunnyvale police and members of … Read more
78-year-old Gary Gene Ramirez has pleaded no contest to first-degree murder charges in the death of 15-year-old Karen Stitt. Ramirez appeared in a Santa Clara County courtroom on Feb. 24. He will be sentenced on May 12, 2025. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Stitt, a Palo Alto resident, took a bus to visit her … Read more
Sunnyvale police have arrested a fourth minor in connection with a shooting that killed a local man earlier this year. Just after midnight on April 30, police arrived at the 100 block of South Bernardo Avenue after someone called 911 reporting gunshots. Inside a vehicle at the scene, police discovered a 19-year-old man who had … Read more
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) is working with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office to determine what exactly led up to an officer shooting a man with a knife. Officers say that around 5:30 on Saturday evening, they received reports of a man walking near a mobile home park near the Plaza … Read more