News

After a single severed fiber optic cable resulted in a cell and internet outage throughout Morgan Hill Feb. 3—paralyzing some businesses and hindering emergency communications—city officials are asking residents to contact public officials to advocate for more redundancy in the telecommunications system. The outage occurred...

Below are the latest Covid-19 statistics as reported by Johns Hopkins University and Santa Clara County: As of Feb. 5: World: 105,048,430 cases; 2,288,655 deaths U.S.: 26,691,738 cases; 456,295 deaths Santa Clara County: 103,748 cases; 1,505 deaths Morgan Hill: 3,122 cases Gilroy: 6,806 cases San Jose: 68,416 cases As of Jan....

Santa Clara County Health System will begin providing Covid-19 vaccines to any county resident age 65 or older, regardless of their healthcare provider or insurance. County officials announced the “no wrong door” system Feb. 4, saying the new method will help get shots into arms...

Authorities expect internet and cell service to be restored in Morgan Hill by midnight Feb. 3, after a damaged fiber optic line resulted in a citywide outage most of the day Wednesday. Morgan Hill Police posted on social media that a construction crew the morning...

An internet outage is currently affecting Morgan Hill residents, businesses and public facilities, according to police. Morgan Hill Police Chief Shane Palsgrove said multiple internet and cell data providers are down for customers throughout the city as of 11:50am Feb. 3. The internet outage is affecting...

Morgan Hill Police—in partnership with a Los Altos-based nonprofit that advocates for crime victims—is offering a reward for information about the unsolved murder of Michael Duran, according to authorities. Duran, 18, was shot and killed by an unknown suspect or suspects May 29, 2020, while...

The Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras art, food, wine and music festival has been canceled for the second year in a row due to Covid-19 concerns, according to a statement from event organizers.

A burglar or burglars kicked in a door to a residence on Alkire Avenue and ransacked the residence. The burglary was reported 7:48pm Jan. 28.

Sig Sanchez—former mayor of Gilroy and loyal advocate for South County throughout his 55-year public service career—died peacefully Jan. 30, according to family members.

A South Bay police officer who reported being shot almost exactly a year ago in a drive-by was arrested Jan. 29 for allegedly making up the whole story. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill staged a “shocking ambush” to make it...