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By Barry Holtzclaw Santa Clara County is one of 19 California counties on a Covid-19 “watch list.” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement July 1 to apply a three-week “dimmer switch” closing bars and state park parking lots, dine-in restaurant service, fitness centers and movie theaters in Santa Clara...

Police are looking for a vehicle and motorist who struck a pedestrian and left the scene in Gilroy Dec. 6. The collision resulted in major injuries for the pedestrian, according to authorities.

The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival will mark its 20th anniversary April 8-15 with its most expansive program to date, screening 350 films from 40 countries across five South Bay cities. Selected from more than 1,100 submissions, the films include documentaries, animated shorts, narrative features...

Authorities are investigating an Aug. 3 traffic accident that resulted in the deaths of two people in south San Benito County. The solo vehicle crash happened about 12:35am on Cienega Road north of Limekiln Road. A vehicle veered off the roadway, struck a tree and...

A Morgan Hill resident and former insurance agent orchestrated a large-scale insurance fraud scheme that ripped off victims to the tune of more than $1.4 million, according to authorities.  Five people were charged recently with felonies related to the fraud scheme, says an April 10...

Authorities arrested three people—including a Morgan Hill man—for running a “sophisticated” ghost gun manufacturing enterprise that sold illegal firearms to criminals, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Joseph Cahoon, 31, of Morgan Hill, Jack Mahon, 38, of San Jose, and Amanda Bazzani,...

By Bay City News Santa Clara County officials are applauding a federal court's ruling that affirmed the county's ban on indoor gatherings. The ruling reversed the court's earlier decision to provide an exception for churches to the county's prohibition of indoor gatherings of any kind, after...

The Fourth of July weekend didn’t give Santa Clara County public health officials much to celebrate.

Crews are pictured June 13 moving dirt on the west side of the interchange of Highway 101 and State Route 25 in south Gilroy. Construction began earlier this month on the long planned new interchange project, which is designed to ease congestion, improve safety...

The Affordable Connectivity Program, a federal program that provides internet access to low-income families, has ended after Congress failed to reach an agreement to keep funding it. Over 23 million households—including thousands in Santa Clara and San Benito counties—will no longer receive federal subsidies...