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What makes a city truly strong? It is not only the roads we repair, the buildings we construct or the parks we maintain. These investments matter, but the greatest strength of any city comes from the people who call it home. Trust is not built...

Master Sommelier David Glancy will headline the fifth annual Vine to Wine celebration Sept. 19 at Santana Row Plaza, where the Wineries of Santa Clara Valley will showcase local wines, food and entertainment. The event will feature more than 20 Santa Clara Valley wineries, live...

In the U.S. District Court in San Jose, the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority on July 29 joined the filing of an amicus curiae brief in support of the lawsuit the State of California and Santa Clara County have filed to stop unlawful...

Gymnastics is a prominent sport in the Olympics and is growing by leaps and bounds in college. It has not received major attention at the high school level, but one of the best is Morgan Hill native and Sobrato High graduate Keira Lebovitz.  Lebovitz, who...

Twice Tyger, a small regenerative-farming vineyard north of Gilroy, has opened a seasonal tasting room this summer while it works through county approval for a permanent tasting pavilion and production facility on its own estate five miles away. The current “satellite” tasting room, at a...

Two Ann Sobrato High School teachers have joined forces to combine their subjects into a children’s book, pairing an English teacher’s writing with an art teacher’s illustrations in a new picture-based publication aimed at readers with ADHD and similar learning challenges. “Never Wish for Superpowers:...

Sometimes the most meaningful stories begin with a simple conversation and a belief that something greater is possible. Seven months ago, I had a vision: to bring California’s community college presidents together at Santa Clara University with a shared purpose, to celebrate educational opportunity, strengthen...

Morgan Hill Police responded to the intersection of Monterey Road and Tennant Avenue about 8:51pm July 30, following reports of a traffic collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle.  Officers and emergency medical personnel immediately provided life-saving aid to the pedestrian before they were transported...

AES Corporation announced it has canceled a proposed Jewelflower Battery Energy Storage System on a 128-acre site in the Coyote Valley near Morgan Hill. The project would have placed hundreds of containerized lithium‑ion battery units across roughly 40 acres of prime farmland in North Coyote...

The United States recently celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The authors and signers announced that they were no longer subject to the king of England. They declared they were independent.  I want to mention another word; interdependence. We...