Community

An annual, multi-city effort personifying the idiom, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” will start up in South County next month with the “Second Chance Week 2017.”

Gavilan College President Kathleen Rose will host a series of “Coffee & Conversations” community get-togethers throughout August and October to inform residents about what’s happening at the local community college.

Morgan Hill Community Foundation welcomes nonprofits to participate in this year’s annual philanthropy celebration, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 17, at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center.

As a real estate agent for more than two decades, 48-year-old Charlie King had shown and helped sell dozens of residential and commercial properties throughout the area, including in Morgan Hill.

As a group of teens from Morgan Hill and Gilroy began their shifts in the garlic fries, fried calamari and shrimp stand at the 2017 Gilroy Garlic Festival, they all held a deep sense of pride and belief in themselves as well as in the organization they were putting in volunteer hours for.

Representatives from the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control did their best rope-a-dope impression as they took everything local residents threw at them before countering during a well-attended July 27 meeting on the plan to clean toxic soil on a proposed northeast Morgan Hill school site.

A 10-year anniversary celebration of the Morgan Hill Library took place Saturday, as did a ceremonial groundbreaking for the future expansion of the facility.

San Juan Bautista planning commissioners will revisit an ambitious proposal to transform a nearby 550-acre ranch into a world-class car racing destination at its regular meeting next week. On August 1, the five-member board will hear from WY2M, Inc., a Los Gatos-based company that wants to bring Formula One Grand Prix and GP Moto Racing to San Benito County.

Seniors living in Morgan Hill, San Martin and Gilroy, have reason to celebrate. As of July, free door-to-door transportation service to local senior centers is available to them, thanks to Sourcewise, an organization that provides support to seniors and individuals with disabilities, in Santa Clara County.