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Morgan Hill Police last week investigated a notebook found at Live Oak High School with a swastika and other hateful messages written inside it, and cited a student in relation to the incident.  Someone posted a photo of the offending writings on NextDoor, late in...

Customers of all ages line up in their pickup trucks, two-door

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....

More than 100 people attended a Jan. 26 meet-and-greet at the Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center with Bay Area Panthers head coach Darren Arbet and other staff for the new Indoor Football League squad, who earlier this month announced that they will conduct...

As a resident of Morgan Hill and a neighbor of St. Catherine Church, I respect the church’s mission and its right to express its beliefs. However, I have concerns about the recently approved proposal (SR2024-0014) to erect a 23 foot tall cross at the...

Looking for ways to get in the spirit of giving this holiday season? Swing by Reach Out, an emergency food distribution center located in a portable building in the back parking lot behind St. Catherine’s Church at 17400 Peak Ave. The volunteer-run charitable organization has been open since 1982 and serves on a monthly basis 400 needy families living in Morgan Hill, San Martin and Coyote.

Three new housing sites under construction in Morgan Hill by affordable housing developer EAH Housing will offer 41 new apartments—including six for youth who are aging out of area foster care programs—and make beneficial use properties that have long been vacant, according to city staff.The three mixed-use housing sites are currently under construction. Approved by the city council in February 2016, the three-site project is referred to as the “EAH Affordable Housing Scattered” project.The city agreed to “partner” with EAH on the three sites in order to provide more housing for vulnerable residents and improve the three properties which are located on the south side of Morgan Hill.“We took a look at sites that could alleviate some long-standing properties that hadn’t been utilized,” Assistant City Manager Leslie Little said. “It was an opportunity to revitalize sites that had been sitting vacant for a long time.”The three properties are:• Belle Allori, a 14-unit affordable apartment building located on 40 E. Dunne Ave. (across from the Community and Cultural Center). This site will also include about 1,200 square feet of commercial space, along with community spaces for the future residents. The property is the former site of the St. Catherine school.• Belle Noci, an eight-unit multi-family affordable apartment complex with three stories and a parking garage on the first level. Located at 16873 Monterey Road, the site is near the intersection of Ciolino Avenue.• Belle Salici, a 19-unit affordable multi-family apartment complex with 1,000 square feet of commercial space. This site is located at 16180 Monterey Road, the former site of Giovanni’s restaurant. The complex backs up to Keith Way on the east side of the property.The three sites are further suited for affordable housing due to their central location to a variety of commercial and public services, including a VTA commuter bus line that goes through Morgan Hill between Gilroy and San Jose, Little noted.Most of the 41 units throughout the three sites will be two-bedroom, with a few three-bedroom units. The six units for former foster care youth will be one-bedroom residences.Rents at the sites will be restricted according to federal income limits for Section 8 Housing, Little explained.EAH has utilized a variety of public and competitive funds for the scattered affordable apartment project. This includes a $4.5 million loan for the city’s housing fund, which paid for a combination of property acquisition, planning and city fees, according to a city staff report. EAH has also used county HOME funds ($756,269), Community Development Block Grant ($660,723) and County Mental Health Services Act funding ($283,267) for the transitional foster youth units.EAH Housing did not return a phone call requesting an update on the projects.

The inaugural Sobrato FFA Car Show was a resounding success on May 20, with 113 classic cars entered and more than $4,000 raised for the local high school’s chapter of the Future Farmers of America, according to Sobrato High School Agriculture teacher Kayla Erath.  The...

Local activists of all ages joined the nationwide “March For Our Lives” in downtown Morgan Hill Saturday, March 24.

World religions have more in common than most people imagine. A very basic tenet of every religion is what we call The Golden Rule. It is so well known, that even some who claim no religion at all know it: “Do Unto Others As...