Local Scene: Bingo raises $50k for senior programs
Bingo raises $50k for senior programs
The Friends of the Morgan Hill Senior Center recently presented their 2024 grant request checks for funds generated this past year. A total of $50,000 in donation checks were presented: $30,000 for the Senior Center and $20,000 for the Senior...
Letter: PG&E makes progress lowering energy rates
PG&E is listening and addressing your concerns. In 2025, customers will see more stable electric rates compared to last year.
In January, most residential customers saw electricity costs drop by 4% or $11, helping offset gas price increases. This means that if your usage hasn’t...
Morgan Hill hosts national economic mobility conference
City officials from across the U.S. converged on Morgan Hill's MOHI Ranch Jan. 30 to share strategies for helping low-income residents climb the economic ladder, as part of a national initiative to boost financial mobility in local communities.
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is...
Sports Roundup: Live Oak girls basketball improves to 9-0
Live Oak HS Boys Basketball (9-11 overall, 3-3 BVAL Santa Teresa East)
Recent results: Won 70-38 at Mt. Pleasant; won 59-54 (OT) vs. Gilroy
Upcoming games: 7pm Feb. 5 vs. Evergreen Valley; 7pm Feb. 7 at Oak Grove
NOTES: Devon DeHaro scored 21 points against the Cardinals...
Teen dies in Jan. 29 crash in San Benito County
An 18-year-old passenger died in a vehicle crash on San Justo Road in San Benito County Jan. 29, according to authorities.
About 5:03pm Jan. 29, the driver of a vehicle lost control of the car while traveling east on San Justo Road, east of San...
Letter: Water and maintaining a healthy environment
Re: “Trump takes steps to overhaul CA water delivery,” Free Lance, Jan. 24
“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” To get this message, drive over Pacheco Pass anytime.
At the top is that beautiful San Luis Reservoir that used to exist as a vast valley...
Religion: God and the stranger
On Oct. 7, 1885, a 16-year-old German barber named Friedrich boarded a ship for New York. Fleeing the military service then required in Germany, he became one of more than 1 million German immigrants who flooded these shores between 1880 and 1885.
Once he had...
Local officials address immigration enforcement concerns
Amid fears and recent reports of federal immigration authorities targeting undocumented immigrants in local communities, law enforcement leaders and public officials throughout the South Valley have attempted to reassure their communities that residents are safe from local action.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Bob Jonsen and...
Life of Pie: It’s Pizza Week
When hospitality entrepreneur and MoHi Farm owner Frank Leal declared that all wood-fired pizzas on his farm-to-table restaurant’s menu would be just $10 through Feb. 8, he put Morgan Hill at the forefront of the first Silicon Valley Pizza Week. At a price like...
Local Scene: Academic honors
Miller named to dean’s list
Lindsey Miller, of Morgan Hill, was named to the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences dean’s list for the fall semester. Students on the Dean's List earned 12 or more credit hours as letter grades with a minimum...