Crime

With more than 7,500 personnel hours devoted to the nearly month-long search for missing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar, authorities are saying they haven’t started thinking about how much the investigation might cost in terms of tax dollars.

The primary cause of deaths on local streets and highways remains drunken driving, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office and the "Avoid the 13" DUI Task Force will keep up with its DUI enforcement in the county as a result of a recent $101,500 grant awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety. The Sheriff’s office will administer the grant for the entire county on behalf of the Santa Clara County Police Chiefs’ Association.  

The Gilroy Police Department are investigating the cause of death for a middle-aged Gilroy man who they found lying near the entrance to the Launderland parking lot on Kern Avenue on March 15 at 4:51 a.m.

Investigators looking for missing north Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar will continue their efforts to find her by examining sonar images of the depths of local reservoirs taken earlier this week, according to a sheriff’s spokesman. 

A child runs toward the iconic yellow and black school bus, backpack in tow, bus pass on a lanyard around his neck, smiling as a woman yells “Go, go, go!” He makes it just before the door closes.

The Gilroy Police Department responded to two armed robberies this weekend that occurred within six minutes of each other and in close proximity on I.O.O.F Avenue.

With a $10,000 reward on the line and Bay Area sports stars stepping in to help, the Morgan Hill community continues to hope for a safe return of Sierra LaMar, 15, who has been missing since March 16.

The California Highway Patrol responded to a vehicle rollover at 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of southbound US 101 and State Highway 25, according to local photographer Phil Silveira who stopped by the scene to snap several pictures of the incident.