Crime

Residents of a northeast Morgan Hill neighborhood were asked to shelter in place for several hours Thursday morning as police searched for armed suspects who had earlier tried to burglarize a vehicle in the downtown area, authorities said.  One of the suspects was arrested after...

A San Jose Police officer has been charged with shooting his police weapon inside his Morgan Hill home, false imprisonment and a series of assaults on his now-pregnant girlfriend. Police reported that during a series of violent incidents that began more than a year ago,...

Morgan Hill Police are investigating two violent incidents downtown that left at least two people injured last weekend, according to authorities.

A tragic date in the history of Crimean Tatar people is drawing close – an anniversary of deportation of Crimean Tatars. This tragedy in its inhumanity can be equated to genocide of the indigenous people of Crimea. By an order of the leader of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin on May 18, 1944 all Crimean Tatars were loaded into freight cars and removed to Central Asia and Siberia. Those who offered resistance and refused to leave their homes were shot in sight, others, who removed in the appointed time, were loaded into barges and flooded in the Black Sea. Totally about 200 thousand Crimean Tatars dead or were deported at that time.

For more than two years, people have clamored for the return to “normal” after the uncertainties of a pandemic. In 2022, we got a taste of normalcy, but it was far from being predictable. Covid-19, which dominated the headlines in 2020 and 2021, seemingly took a...

In 2023, PG&E received nearly 43,000 reports from customers who were targeted by scammers impersonating the company, and customers lost approximately $875,000 in fraudulent payments. The average customer lost $785, says a press release from PG&E.  This includes hundreds of customers on the Central Coast,...

Police are asking the public for information about a shooting that occurred early in the morning May 16 in downtown Morgan Hill. The shooting occurred at 3:04am in the parking lot behind The Hill, which is located on the 17330 block of Monterey Road. Morgan...

Police arrested a suspect this week who allegedly set at least four fires in Morgan Hill on Christmas night, according to authorities.  The fires started shortly after 7pm Dec. 25, Morgan Hill Police said. MHPD officers and Morgan Hill Fire Department personnel responded to each...

Amid fears and recent reports of federal immigration authorities targeting undocumented immigrants in local communities, law enforcement leaders and public officials throughout the South Valley have attempted to reassure their communities that residents are safe from local action.  Santa Clara County Sheriff Bob Jonsen and...

Police arrested a Morgan Hill resident who had allegedly sexually assaulted a child and was in possession of child pornography.  The Morgan Hill Police Department on Dec. 30 received information that Ashton Correa, 19, was in possession of child pornography, says a press release from...