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Gavilan College will host a special one-night event May 1 featuring a free public screening of “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez,” the acclaimed documentary by David Alvarado about the life and legacy of playwright, director and activist Luis Valdez.  Valdez will appear in...

The City of Morgan Hill faces a structural budget deficit that will require either new revenue, significant service cuts, or both, City Manager Christina Turner told residents at a recent public meeting. The “Budget Roundtable” meeting held on March 25 was intended to be a...

Congress is not working for the South Bay, the Central Coast or the Salinas Valley. Families in our region are working hard only to fall behind while the cost of housing, healthcare and everyday life keeps rising. Rather than offer real solutions, politicians are...

A small convenience store that has served a crucial role as the sole retail hub for thousands of residents in Morgan Hill’s eastern hills is set to close next month after the property’s landlord declined to renew the tenant’s lease. Charlie King, who opened Hilltop...

Once a week, something remarkable happens in homes and coffee shops across our city. People open the Morgan Hill Times and find something no algorithm can replicate: the unfiltered story of their community, told with care, accuracy and local knowledge. I’m writing to you...

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Wednesday night, April 1, 2026. On Passover night, Jews conduct a communal meal in their homes, called a seder. The word seder means “order,” because the meal and its accompanying rituals are conducted in a special prescribed order.  We...

Morgan Hill resident Aaron Anthony Ocampo was arrested for the second time for his alleged involvement in a Super Bowl night shooting that left two people dead in San Jose.  Police responded to reports of a shooting about 2:20am Feb. 8 on the 100 block...

Construction of the long-awaited Hotel MOHI is continuing in downtown Morgan Hill, but the project’s completion date has been pushed back. The site’s hotel rooms are now expected to open later this year and the restaurant and amenity spaces are projected for completion in...

A state commission has voted to allow a major transmission project to share space at a substation near Morgan Hill rather than build on undeveloped land in Coyote Valley—a change officials say protects a critical wildlife corridor while adding enough power capacity to supply...

Assemblymember Gail Pellerin recently recognized two Morgan Hill women for their leadership and service to the community, naming them Women of the Year for Assembly District 28 in a ceremony highlighting local impact across the region.  Suman Ganapathy and Poonam Chabra were celebrated for their...