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March 6, 2026

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...

Dam project may be delayed until 2022

The rains have returned to the Santa Clara Valley, and with them renewed anxiety over the capacity and stability of the county’s biggest body of water, the Anderson Reservoir. The source of that anxiety isn’t likely to go away until after as many as nine...

MHPD: Drive safe, sober this holiday season

With the holiday season underway, police are reminding motorists to drive safely and soberly in order to reduce the risk of injury or death due to a collision—and avoid being arrested, jailed or fined. The Morgan Hill Police Department has been conducting “saturation patrols” on...

Veteran SoCal sergeant is new MHPD captain

Following a five-month search, the Morgan Hill Police Department reached outside the community to hire its newest captain: veteran San Bernardino Police Sgt. Emil Kokesh. Kokesh began his new position in Morgan Hill Dec. 4. He is a 27-year veteran of a police department in...

Landscape goats stolen from north MH field

Someone stole scores of goats from a farm in unincorporated Morgan Hill just after Thanksgiving, according to authorities. The owner of the goats, which are essential to a local family’s landscaping business, is offering a “generous reward” for information leading to the animals’ recovery. The...

Police investigate weekend shooting

Morgan Hill Police are investigating a late-night shooting that occurred in the city’s downtown this past weekend. No injuries were reported in the altercation that took place in front of The Hill Bar & Grill, 17330 Monterey Road, according to police. About 1:44am Dec. 1, Morgan...

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