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December 30, 2025

State: Courthouse construction to start this week

The state Monday announced that construction will start this week on a new $33.6 million county courthouse.

Online vigil encouraged for Sierra LaMar

The KlaasKids Foundation is asking users of social media Internet sites to participate in a 24-hour online vigil for Sierra LaMar, the Sobrato High School sophomore who has been missing from her north Morgan Hill home for 17 days. 

Community march aims to raise awareness of Sierra search

Residents are invited to a community march through downtown Morgan Hill to raise awareness of missing teen Sierra LaMar in order to bring her home quickly and safely, according to organizer Dori Prado.

Guide to the facts behind Sierra LaMar’s disappearance

The answers to the following questions should help summarize what’s happened so far in the Sierra LaMar investigation, inform how the community can help, and provide some useful  background to the case.

Items found during Sierra LaMar search, but ‘possibly nothing’

Used condoms and an empty handcuff box were found Thursday by a volunteer searcher at the west end of Palm Avenue, about a mile from missing teen Sierra LaMar’s bus stop in Morgan Hill, though Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said Thursday night that “it’s possibly nothing.”

Romero murder suspects’ hearing postponed

The plea hearing for the five suspects accused of killing Tara Romero, 14, and trying to kill three other teens Nov. 4, 2011 was postponed.

Divers search South County ponds for Sierra Lamar

Divers from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office spent the afternoon searching a group of percolation ponds along Coyote Creek for evidence that might lead them to the whereabouts of Sierra LaMar, 15, who has been missing since March 16.

Small earthquake hits near Pinnacles

A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon two miles from Pinnacles National Monument, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:30 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.9 miles.

Coinciding drug-awareness events spark racism claim

Two simultaneous drug awareness presentations held in February at San Benito High School have created a divide of perceptions, with one district trustee in attendance that night calling it a display of racism and questioning why English and Spanish programs conveyed different messages.

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