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Morgan Hill Police Chief David Swing, who began his law enforcement career at the local department about 25 years ago, was recently appointed the next chief of police for the City of Pleasanton.

Morgan Hill City Hall touted the city’s robust manufacturing sector and the generosity of local companies in helping the community make it through the coronavirus pandemic so far.

While the voters are getting ready to decide the fate of a current hotel proposal in north Morgan Hill, the city council last month closed the books on a previous referendum effort for a different site that was once pegged for a future hotel.

About 150 demonstrators marched through downtown Morgan Hill Thursday night in an effort to raise awareness of human trafficking.

Santa Clara County on Sept. 16 expanded its existing Covid-19 testing order to tighten up requirements for large-scale healthcare providers to ensure testing is more easily available, without delays to all residents.

Santa Clara County’s elected sheriff and the department’s second-in-command invoked their right against self-incrimination instead of answering questions from prosecutors before a criminal grand jury earlier this month.

Morgan Hill has surpassed San Jose in the spread of Covid-19 with a local rate of 6,573 positive cases per 100,000 residents as of Jan. 21, according to Santa Clara County public health officials.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District quietly settled a lawsuit with an alleged sexual assault victim last year for $750,000.

Firefighters are currently battling two wildfires in South County. According to CalFire, the Crews Fire, off of Crews Road and Oak Spring Circle just north of Gilroy, is at 600 acres as of 6pm July 5. The fire was first reported at 3pm. Evacuations are in...

Two more Santa Clara County residents died of COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing the total local death toll from the novel coronavirus to 10, according to the county’s public health department.