Tag: calfire
City breaks ground for new Butterfield fire station
The empty lot at 17285 Butterfield Blvd.—located between the South County Courthouse and the VTA parking lot—has served a number of public uses since...
Highway fire burns 70-plus acres in north Morgan Hill
A vegetation fire on the east side of U.S. 101 in north Morgan Hill burned more than 70 acres before firefighters had the blaze...
Authorities extinguish fire at downtown Morgan Hill construction site
A building under construction in downtown Morgan Hill caught on fire early Wednesday morning, and authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
Police and...
Morgan Hill solicits bids for new fire station
The City of Morgan Hill is getting closer to building a new fire station on Butterfield Boulevard, as city staff recently sent out a...
Local Scene: Sobrato High presents ‘Into the Woods’
Sobrato presents ‘Into the Woods’
The Sobrato Theatre Society in the coming weeks will present its spring production of “Into the Woods,” which was originally...
CalFire grant funds South County projects
The Santa Clara County FireSafe Council (SCCFSC) announced Oct. 7 that CalFire has awarded a new $1,456,579 Fire Prevention Grant to the council. The...
San Martin Airport hosts disaster exercise
The South County Airport Pilots Association (SCAPA) Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) staged their annual mobilization exercise event Saturday at San Martin Airport to...
Firefighters rescue person stuck in manhole in Morgan Hill
A construction worker fell about 20 feet down a manhole in a Morgan Hill roadway Aug. 11, prompting a “confined space rescue” from nearby...
Brush fire prompts evacuations in Morgan Hill
Authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order Friday afternoon for residents on Armsby Lane due to a brush fire in west Morgan Hill.
CalFire Santa...
Update: Three families displaced by Dougherty fire
Two fires in Morgan Hill in the past week burned numerous structures—including two homes—and displaced three families and torched a couple acres of vegetation,...
