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While Morgan Hill residents and enthusiasts of public, family-friendly outdoor events may be growing weary of the recent uncertainties surrounding formerly annual gatherings, organizers of one of the city’s most popular celebrations vow to proceed as normal this summer.  And while it is ultimately up...

Speaking up on gun violence Bravo to Father Rubio (“Religion: Stopping violence in God’s name,” May 3 edition) for speaking up about gun violence in America!! It was so well written, I have nothing  to add.   Thank you for the weekly messages from local churches.   Rosemary Perry Morgan...

Police said May 15 that an 18-year-old suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting death last month of a 41-year-old man in South San Jose. The shooting was reported about 1:40pm April 19 in the 1000 block of Blossom River Drive, where officers...

Visitors to downtown Morgan Hill this past Saturday got to skate, bike, create art, play games and socialize in the street without worrying about being run over or breathing in fumes from the vehicles that typically clog the roadway.  On the morning of May 13...

A 74-year-old Santa Clara County Main Jail inmate in San Jose died Saturday after being found unresponsive in his jail cell during a welfare check.  The man, who was housed alone, was found unresponsive in his cell in the jail's 2B dorm unit at about...

This is an epitaph for a time of life before. A time of life when we could take our children downtown to an event and get their faces painted and ride tiny rides and eat popcorn, corn dogs and barbecue and listen to live...

The Hollister-Gilroy office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will conduct a sobriety/driver license checkpoint on May 19 within an unincorporated area of south Santa Clara County.  CHP officers who are trained in the detection of alcohol and drug impaired drivers will staff the sobriety...

Becerra inducted into Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Mary Becerra of Morgan Hill, a student at Saint Mary's College of California, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic...

National Public Works Week is May 21-27, and the City of Morgan Hill is inviting residents to celebrate by getting an up-close view of the equipment used to keep the community’s utility systems running, and meet the people who ensure households and businesses have...

Do you have a prayer room? Is there a room or destination that is “your place” to connect with God? The garden across the Kidron Valley was a place where Jesus went to pray and connect with his father. It is there that Jesus...