The cloying odor of raw sewage. Flooding that turned the parking lot into a wading pool.

A body was found outside a south Morgan Hill market Friday night. Police responded to Southside Market & Liquor, 16715 Monterey Road about 9:15 p.m. Two witnesses reported finding the body of a Hispanic behind a large garbage bin outside the store, according to Morgan Hill Police Sgt.

The city of Morgan Hill joins other local water retailers and property owners in awaiting the ruling in a lawsuit that could award up to $4.6 million in refunded groundwater charges levied by the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

Morgan Hill Police incidents Grand theft A Honda 3000 generator valued at about $2,000 was stolen out of the bed of a pickup truck parked in the Safeway grocery store lot at 840 East Dunne Ave.

Morgan Hill residents Batzi Kuburovich and Neil Forrest have been trying to start a cannabis collective in Gilroy since May and hit a major roadblock last month when the City Council voted 4-3 against creating a special ordinance for marijuana dispensaries in Gilroy.

Looking to get up close and personal with filmmakers and industry insiders? This weekend you'll get that chance.

NASA said preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct.

Q: Remember when people were complaining about the electric billboard on Highway 101 at University Avenue being too bright, and the guy from the company said they were all adjusted appropriately? People kept complaining and finally the guy went out and said, "Whoa, that's too bright!" He had them adjusted and everyone lived happily ever after while ...

Aspiring playwright Rory Tomasello succumbed to a brain injury last week. He hit his head after being struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle through a mid-block crosswalk on West Edmundson Avenue on Oct.

Alejandro Cortez, 21 of Gilroy, is scheduled to enter a plea to charges that he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl Thursday in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Two Morgan Hill men were arrested after a short car chase that ended near Main and Hale avenues just north downtown.

The Rev. Mark Arnzen stands in St. Catherine Church Wednesday. Arnzen has been with the church -which will be celebrating its 100th anniversary Saturday - for six months.

In the case that won't go away, the city is taking Bruce Tichinin to the California Supreme Court.

The bicyclist who was struck by a driver while riding through a crosswalk near Community Park died from his injuries.

A fight between Live Oak High School students is the latest incident reflecting rising tension among representatives of northern and southern street gangs in South County, police said.

The owner of a Morgan Hill Christian book store who once emphatically denied accusations that he inappropriately touched a female employee will spend six months in jail.

Gilroy Gardens has specially decorated its theme park in a Middle Earth theme, with numerous scarecrows modeled after orcs, hobbits, dwarves, and other favorites from J.R.R. Tolkein's magical series, "Lord of the Rings". Details: www.gilroygardens.org. More tracks, more service The South County Caltrain Improvement Project funded by the Santa Clara ...

Sheriff's arrests Under the influence of a controlled substance Celeste Rene Waldrip, 46, of Gilroy, 10:35 a.m. Oct.

Members of Trinity Bible Church are excited about a big change coming up this weekend when the long-time Gilroy congregation will relocate to a new facility in Morgan Hill after meeting in an industrial building in Gilroy's northeast quadrant for the past 19 years.

Firefighters say a blaze in the mountains west of Morgan Hill is 75 percent contained and they hope to have full containment by Wednesday morning.