City, LAFCO stalemate lingers
In the final month of 2018, Morgan Hill City Council’s application to annex land for a new Catholic high school was thwarted by a little-known appointed commission, the county’s Local Agency Formation Committee.
The city felt they represented community needs, attempting to annex land long...
Local serial rapist sentenced to 390 years
A convicted serial rapist and former Morgan Hill resident was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison for sexually assaulting six women in the South Bay.
Judge to rule on hotel ballot measure
The final language of a local ballot measure on a Morgan Hill plan to allow construction of more hotels won’t be determined until after a superior court judge rules whether the city’s proposed wording is too argumentative in support of a “Yes” vote.
Shooting victims sue Garlic Festival
A lawsuit filed Nov. 12 in Santa Clara County Superior Court alleges that negligent security allowed a heavily armed gunman to enter the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28, killing three people and injuring at least 14 others.
Search continues for suspect who shot deputy
A Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy was saved from serious injury by his body-worn camera and bullet-proof vest when an unknown shooter or shooters fired at him on Uvas Road in Morgan Hill, authorities said.
AR Workshop taps into artistic side
A visit to AR Workshop is a one-of-a-kind experience.
From picture frames that hang on the walls with tender messages, to a calendar made out of clipboards to various other wooden objects of all shapes and sizes, every bit of unique decor was personally hand-crafted.
It’s...
City policies praised by homeless advocate
The number of people without homes or shelter is increasing in Santa Clara County, and homeless advocates say Morgan Hill is taking the right first steps toward both short-term and long-term solutions.
“Morgan Hill has had a very progressive housing policy.,” said Jan Bernstein-Chargin, chair...
Jury deliberates in Flores murder trial
Cody Flores spent his last conscious moments trying to fend off a vicious knife attack in east Morgan Hill that left him with a fatal wound to his chest, plus more than a dozen cuts on other parts of his body. A deep cut on his left hand, and other smaller cuts on his forearms, suggest he attempted to defend himself without a weapon of his own, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney David Pandori told the jury this week, during closing arguments in the trial for two defendants accused of murdering Flores.
