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If you have to leave your home quickly, what would you bring? For some of us, this is not a theoretical question. Recent floods and past fires have necessitated speedy departures for safety. Thousands of years ago, the Jews left quickly from slavery in...

Downtown Morgan Hill’s Sidewalk Saturday—a weekly outdoor market featuring local makers and retail vendors—returns to East Third Street April 1 for the spring season.  The weekly market is open to the public 9am-1pm every Saturday through June 24 (except for May 27). Founded in 2020,...

The Live Oak High School Color Guard has been on a strong run in competition as they have gone undefeated in their circuit so far for the winter season. On March 18, the Color Guard won the annual circuit competition against 30 other schools....

The Bay Area Panthers Indoor Football team rallied for a 47-46 win over the Arizona Rattlers on March 26 in their first home game of the season at SAP Center. Quarterback Dalton Sneed’s 12-yard scramble in the fourth quarter gave the Panthers the lead, and...

After all the expenses, revenues, donations and sponsorship dollars are counted, organizers of the 40th annual Wildflower Run—which took place March 26 in Morgan Hill—are confident the event reached its fundraising goal for scholarships, grants and leadership programs for women and girls.  Entries in this...

Morgan Hill should relocate its downtown Rather than try to square the circle of creating a good experience on Monterey Road but not snarling up through traffic, why not move downtown to either Depot Street or Church Street?  Monterey Road is a highway. It'll always be...

Silicon Valley Clean Energy recently awarded the City of Morgan Hill with two grants that will help the city reach its climate cleanliness goals, according to city staff.  The City of Morgan Hill adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP) in 2021, which included a key...

For the first time, the Morgan Hill Police Department may soon have a program in place to process and issue permits for local residents to carry concealed firearms.  MHPD officers and city staff have been working on the local CCW licensing program after a 2022...

In the San Francisco Bay Area, we seem to be in a bubble of more open-minded thinking and inclusion. There are other places, regions and states that seem to be filled with fear of the outsider and suspicion of neighbors of different ethnicity, national...

The beginning of another week brought another soaking storm with cold temperatures and strong wind gusts to the region.  The brunt of the latest significant rain storm hit South County just after lunch time on Tuesday, March 21, as a heavy band of rain and...