Don’t miss it: downtown street scenes
The Morgan Hill Tourism Alliance, in partnership with the Morgan Hill Downtown Association and the City of Morgan Hill, will assemble the first ever “Downtown Street Scenes” event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on Monterey Road between Second and Third streets.
Gallery of Trees exhibit
The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill’s Gallery of Trees exhibit - one of the community’s annual anticipated holiday events - will be erected on the lawn of the Community and Cultural Center’s amphitheater Dec. 7.
Coming up: Perchlorate spill update meeting
The Perchlorate Community Advisory Group will have its first meeting in about nine months Dec. 19 in San Martin, where residents will hear the latest update from regulators on efforts to clean up the remnants of a perchlorate spill into the South County groundwater.
County adopts directional signs for wineries
Santa Clara Valley wineries are already on the map, but proponents of a new County ordinance want to make it even easier for visitors and tourists to find their favorite tasting room or their next stop on their self-guided wine country tour.
Thanksgiving brings inherent risk of cooking fires
With Thanksgiving approaching, local fire agencies are warning residents about the cooking-related dangers the holiday can pose.
Skydiving on the horizon
Abiding by the Federal Aviation Administration’s final determination to allow skydiving at South County Airport, staff from the County Roads & Airports Department have finalized an operations permit that they will bring before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors at the Nov. 26 meeting.
The time for giving
The tables have turned since the Mayflower landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 – now many locals are struggling to celebrate the annual Thanksgiving feast.
MHCF honors ‘outstanding’ philanthropists at annual celebration
The Morgan Hill Community Foundation (MHCF) hosted the 8th Annual Outstanding Philanthropist celebration Saturday evening at the Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center. The event showcased 23 local volunteers and philanthropists who were nominated by their peers as exemplary contributors to the Morgan Hill community. Themed “Night of the Stars,” this year’s event featured a red-carpeted, paparazzi-style entrance area, complete with a 6-foot Oscar award statue and Oscar-themed decorations. The half dozen photographers serving as our local paparazzi represented the Morgan Hill Photography Club. This year’s master of ceremonies was Jona Denz-Hamilton, a popular radio host on 94.5 FM KBAY.
Garlic Festival Association says goodbye to one of its own
The Garlic Festival family is coping with the loss of a longtime, integral team member who always went the “extra mile” and built relationships that are “almost impossible to replace.”
New homes springing up all over
Teachers Ralph and Kaitlin Fullerton were living in a one-bedroom condo in San Jose and desperately seeking an upgrade.












