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A lot more things than just chicken and tri-tip get cookin’ at Morgan Hill businessman Mike Cox’s backyard barbecues. The owner of locally-based Anaerobe Solutions gets the right people mingling together in a fun, friendly atmosphere, so fundraising can be ignited for many local causes.

Over a 24-hour period next month, anyone with a little extra coin who is interested in supporting a specific nonprofit organization can partake in the third annual Silicon Valley Gives online telethon, which has raised millions for worthy causes since its inception.

Hundreds of residents had a chance to get a closer look at police cars, SWAT trucks and fire engines, while enjoying live music, children’s games and ice cream at the National Night Out in downtown Morgan Hill Tuesday.

At least one died in a vehicle collision near Gilroy on Monday midnight, barely an hour after New Year arrived, according to California Highway Patrol.  The CHP said two vehicles, a Nissan SUV and a Chevy pickup truck, were involved in the fatal crash which...

Smoke from a series of large wildfires burning in Northern California and Oregon is riding steady northerly winds into the Bay Area, lowering air quality to unhealthy levels in much of the region.  The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air...

Hundreds of Morgan Hill Unified School District employees

Ron McGee, known as “Python Ron,” brought his traveling reptile kingdom to the Morgan Hill Library July 14 to give local children a chance to get up close and personal with giant snakes and other critters they’re unlikely to encounter anywhere else near their homes.The kids and their parents learned all about the albino python, black and white tegu, bearded dragon, Borneo roughneck lizard, African spur tortoise and other reptiles while getting a chance to pet and hold the animals.Python Ron’s Reptile Kingdom is based in Modesto. McGee and his animals travel the state to give educational and entertaining hands-on presentations about “the world of reptiles, spiders and insects,” according to his website, pythonron.com.The July 14 presentation at the Morgan Hill Library, 660 W. Main Ave., is one event in a summer filled with educational programs for children at the site. For more information about summer learning and events at the library, visit sccl.org/Locations/Morgan-Hill.

There are times in life when we find ourselves called from seasons of relative peace and tranquility into what we know will be a time of unknown storm. Sometimes the storm chooses us. Sometimes we choose the storm.  As we navigate our way forward, we...

When Michele May volunteered for yard duty at P.A. Walsh

Today is the last day to order a catered supper for Villa Mira Monte’s Summertime Picnic on the Lawn, which takes place Sunday at 4 p.m. at the grounds of the Morgan Hill Museum and the historic Hiram Morgan Hill home. Even if you don’t order catered meals, you can still bring your whole family to attend the free event with your own picnic basket, according to the Morgan Hill Historical Society’s web page. The summer picnic event will feature games and activities for kids, tours of the Morgan Hill House and the museum, and musical entertainment by Janet Thompson, the Morgan Hillbillies and the Dukes of Uke. Door prizes will be offered. Water, lemonade, ice cream, beer and wine will be available. The picnic lasts from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday.Box suppers can be ordered before the end of the day Tuesday by going to www.cateredbydiana.com. A portion of the proceeds from the box suppers will be donated to the Morgan Hill Historical Society. Villa Mira Monte is located at 17860 Monterey Road. For more information, go to www.morganhillhistoricalsociety.org.