Crime

Every year,  lawmakers in Sacramento introduce a flurry of bills, most of which are eviscerated during the legislative process and end up on the Assembly or Senate trash heap. A select few make it to the governor’s desk, and assuming they dodge the veto...

Authorities charged members of a San Jose family with running a satellite of brothels—including locations in South Santa Clara County—that were trafficking dozens of women and bringing in about $1 million a year. Multiple co-defendants face felonies related to their operation of a network of...

Police arrested a suspect in an October restaurant burglary after an observant business owner saw the same man checking locked doors and windows earlier this week in Morgan Hill, authorities said.  About 10:20am Oct. 6, Morgan Hill Police responded to a report of a commercial...

CVS Pharmacy will pay the state of California more than $18 million in a settlement of a lawsuit that accused the national chain of submitting fraudulent claims to the Medi-Cal public health insurance system, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week.  The state and the...

Two men died on Nov. 16 following a domestic-related shooting at a home in unincorporated Gilroy, authorities said. Just before 3:30pm, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a residence on Sheldon Avenue, says a press release from the sheriff’s...

Morgan Hill Police have shut down 12 illicit massage businesses that had been offering sexual services to customers, authorities said.  The establishments were closed during an 18-month long operation in which MHPD officers worked with reputable massage businesses to enforce the city’s municipal code and...

The Morgan Hill Police Department announced this week that it has received a $25,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a traffic records improvement project to report crash and citation data faster and more efficiently. The grant program runs through...

Morgan Hill Police made a “significant” narcotics arrest—including the seizure of several pounds of methamphetamine—after stopping a vehicle for traffic violations Oct. 21, authorities said.  About 11:14pm, a MHPD officer conducted a vehicle stop in Morgan Hill for multiple state vehicle code violations, says a...

Local officials across the Bay Area are developing strategies to protect immigrant communities as the Trump administration considers deploying federal immigration enforcement agents to the region, with some municipalities taking aggressive protective measures while others adopt more cautious approaches. The administration recently canceled planned enforcement...

The Morgan Hill Police Department will use a $90,000 grant from the State of California to pay for more enforcement and education aimed at reducing traffic-related deaths and serious injuries, MHPD said.  The grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will fund local programs...