No El Toro hike this year, again
For the second year in a row the annual hike up El Toro Mountain has been canceled.
Minor earthquake hits near Aromas
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit near the Aromas area Friday afternoon.
Picked for his resilience
After a working a 17-hour day with no breaks, farm worker and Gilroy resident Rogelio Lona remembers driving home to sleep a few hours before waking up at 4 a.m. to do it all over again.
Locals participate in Adobe Youth Voices video camp
Two men sit on a bus bench. One is dressed in business attire, cell phone in hand, the other can’t hold a steady job.
Three cheers!
Perhaps the most common image that comes to mind when one thinks of the word “cheerleading” are young women in skirts and pom-poms standing on the side of a football field rallying their team to win.
Tres Pinos group battles UK band over ‘One Direction’ name
A Tres Pinos-based band has set itself up for a globally prominent legal battle as it claims in a million-dollar lawsuit that it has the right to the name “One Direction,” the same name of a hugely popular British boy band managed by Simon Cowell.
Annual Haru Matsuri festival Sunday
The Morgan Hill Buddhist Community Center will host the 52nd annual Haru Matsuri event along with the 16th Annual Northern California Taiko Expo from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 15. It will include cultural and historical displays, martial arts and Tai Chi demonstrations, Asian cuisine, and of course, lots of Taiko.
Artist Thomas Kinkade dies
Los Gatos painter Thomas Kinkade died at his Los Gatos home Friday. He was 54.
Morgan Hill volunteers help police serve citizens
On Sunday evening, March 25, about 150 people gathered at Morgan Hill’s Crossroads Christian Center. They were attending a vigil service in honor of 15-year-old Sierra LaMar, a Morgan Hill resident who had mysteriously disappeared on her way to Sobrato High School more than a week before.












