UPDATED: Fire consumes more than 50 acres west of MH
After spending Friday afternoon extinguishing a fire that consumed about 50 acres of vegetation in west Morgan Hill, crews will spend the night “mopping up” the area and making sure all remaining hotspots are out, according to authorities.
UPDATED: GPD officer pleads not guilty to misdemeanor
Gilroy Police Department Officer Noel Lemus pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest at Merced County Courthouse July 10, opting instead to take the case to trial. Officer Lemus will return for his pre-trial hearing at 8:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 16 at the Merced County Courthouse located at 2260 N-Street in Merced.
Crews rush to burning jewelry case at T.J. Maxx
Fire crews responded to a report of smoke at T.J. Maxx Friday morning when an electrical box inside a jewelry case caught on fire, authorities said. No injuries and no major property damage were reported, according to the Morgan Hill Fire Department and the store manager. Crews from MHFD, CalFire and South County Fire District responded to the store at 401 Vineyard Town Center about 10 a.m.There was no visible fire when crews arrived, but firefighters located the source of the smoke inside a jewelry box, where a metal light and ballast case had caught on fire, MHFD Battalion Chief Tim Main said. “We were able to quickly isolate the fire under the jewelry case,” Main said. The responding emergency crews were “concerned,” however, to find that store employees had not evacuated the building of customers as soon as they noticed the fire, Main said. “Whenever there’s any smoke, folks need to evacuate,” Main said. The store remained busy with a steady stream of customers entering and exiting after the fire was extinguished, and while firefighters were leaving the area. “The fire department’s response was excellent,” T.J. Maxx manager Leticia Esnaurrizar said.
Police to conduct DUI checkpoint July 19
Morgan Hill police will conduct a DUI and drivers license checkpoint Friday, July 19 at an undisclosed location inside the city limits.
GPD wants motorists, motorcycles to share the road
Motorists and motorcycle riders are not always the most considerate users of the roadways - resulting in a rise in motorcycle-involved crashes over the years and prompting the Gilroy Police Department to take action, according to a GPD press release.
10,000 pot plants seized from Henry Coe
A band of law enforcement agencies seized more than 10,000 illegal marijuana plants with alleged links to the Mexican cartel from steep terrain of Henry Coe State Park Wednesday afternoon.
Crews respond to vegetation fire in southwest Gilroy
Five units from the Gilroy Fire Department and two rigs from South Santa Clara County Fire responded to a three-acre grass fire that started shortly before 1 p.m. near the intersection of Miller Avenue and San Justo Court in southwest Gilroy, according to GFD Division Chief Phil King.
