New council members take oath of office
Morgan Hill’s new council members and mayor took their seats on the City Council at the Dec. 12 meeting, ushering in a new wave of leadership for the city.
Rich Constantine was sworn in as the city’s new mayor, Yvonne Martínez-Béltran took the seat for...
MHPD: Local bomb threats ‘unfounded’
Morgan Hill Police Department was one of many law enforcement agencies across the nation that responded to local bomb threats Dec. 13.
The threats originated from a “nationwide, multi-state email that many jurisdictions received” Thursday morning, MHPD Sgt. Bill Norman said.
In Morgan Hill, police...
County votes to expand airport
Over the next decade, the skies above San Martin are likely to see steady and dramatic increases in light-plane traffic.
A 3-2 decision by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Dec. 4 authorized a long-term plan to close the Reid-Hillview Airport in east San...
County certifies local election results
County election officials certified the results from the Nov. 6 election one month to the day, according to a Dec. 6 announcement from the Registrar of Voters.
The final local turnout for the general election totaled 625,425 ballots cast, representing 70.61 percent of registered Santa...
Council agrees to $3M purchase of land
In a resolution two years in the making, the Morgan Hill City Council has moved forward with the purchase of 33 acres of land in the Southeast Quadrant from Chiala Farms. However, it remains to be seen if the city can find a trust...
Police seek to ID carjacker
Police are asking the public for help identifying and locating a man who allegedly held up a victim at knifepoint and stole his vehicle.
About 4:10pm Nov. 23, Morgan Hill Police took a report for a carjacking near a business at 15855 Monterey Road, according...
County will buy Saint Louise, O’Connor hospitals
Santa Clara County emerged this month as the sole bidder for O’Connor and Saint Louise hospitals, clearing the way for the county to buy the two private hospitals for $235 million, County Executive Jeff Smith disclosed Monday.
“We are really excited,” Smith told the Morgan...
South County Catholic HS denied again
A Catholic high school has been talked about in the Morgan Hill for nearly a decade, but the Diocese of San Jose has run into a series of setbacks getting its 40 acres of land—their preferred site of the future school—annexed into the city....
BookSmart on the move to Vineyard in 2019
The saga of BookSmart in Morgan Hill continues, and that's a good thing for the independent book store’s owners. Due to financial difficulties ranging from the compilation of bad debt, coupled with high rent and the costs associated with moving from their longtime spot...
