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Sheriff’s search and rescue personnel will be conducting a search effort in the area of south Morgan Hill this afternoon, according to Santa Clara County Sheriff spokesman Sgt. Jose Cardoza. The ground search operation will focus on open fields and construction sites and zones in south Morgan Hill.

Anyone who saw a red Volkswagen Jetta with a black hood in north Morgan Hill or south San Jose around the week of March 16 is asked to contact the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, because investigators have linked the vehicle to the disappearance and kidnapping of Sierra LaMar.

Since the Dispatch wrote an April 24 story about a 77-year-old Gilroy man who claimed he was scammed by a crook under the guise of a friendly tree pruner, 10 others from Gilroy and Morgan Hill have come forward with similar stories of a man by the name of Michael Oliveira who collected money for work he never completed, prompting police to launch an investigation.

A Morgan Hill man was arrested for allegedly choking and punching his girlfriend, sending her to the hospital with multiple injuries including cuts and bruises throughout her face and head, a bloody nose and bloody lip.

The family of Sierra LaMar increased the reward for information leading to the missing Morgan Hill teen’s safe return home.

The Santa Clara County Water District board will consider implementing a parcel tax to raise money for such things as flood protection, stream stewardship and help pay for a portion of the Anderson Dam retrofit project.

The man who allegedly attacked and kidnapped his girlfriend from a Morgan Hill bar will be in court to attempt to negotiate a settlement with the court next month. 

Investors who say they were cheated out of their homes and life savings by “a very slick” businessman occupied a sizable portion of the courtroom Friday inside the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill, where supporters and accusers seated in opposite sides of the audience created a clear fissure.

Sobrato is five months away from its inaugural season as a member of the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mount Hamilton Division, but the Bulldogs are already enjoying the perks of being an A league football team.

Painter Thomas Kinkade died at his Los Gatos home Friday. He was 54.