Morgan Hill

A heat advisory is in effect Tuesday in parts of the Bay Area, with temperatures expected to reach up to 100 degrees in areas like Antioch, Clayton, Morgan Hill, and Vacaville. The advisory begins at 10 a.m., marking the hottest day of the forecast.

Advocates opposing a planned ICE facility in the South Bay are disappointed after Gilroy and Morgan Hill chose not to support a lawsuit against the project. Other Bay Area and beyond city and county governments have joined an amicus brief supporting the case.

Police in Morgan Hill seized 80 pounds of fireworks from a man who had purchased $1,800 worth of the items. The arrest occurred before the Fourth of July weekend after an officer noticed a suspicious car parked behind a business.

Antolin Garcia-Torres is facing a retrial for the murder of 15-year-old Sierra LaMar. He was previously convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The California Court of Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District is involved in the case.

Antolin Garcia-Torres faces a retrial for the 2023 murder of Sierra LaMar in Morgan Hill. A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge approved a defense request for a speedy trial, now scheduled for an unspecified date.

A new trial date has been set for June 29 in the murder case of Sierra Lamar, a 15-year-old who disappeared from Morgan Hill in March 2012. Her belongings were found along a roadside, but her body has never been located.

Mail thieves in the South Bay recovered over 29 sealed election ballots from stolen mail bins outside a Grocery Outlet store in Morgan Hill. Postal inspectors delivered the ballots to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, where they were verified and counted. Authorities urge residents to check for undelivered mail and use ballot tracking tools to ensure votes are counted.

A motorcyclist was hospitalized with major injuries after a collision with a vehicle sparked a grass fire in Morgan Hill. The incident occurred at the intersection of Monterey Road and East Middle Avenue, and the cause remains under investigation. The fire was extinguished, but the rider remained in critical condition.