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The Joe Heller cartoon of Sept. 18 (Opinion page) portrays an AI robot angered by dire warnings of disaster followed by a robotic smile when congress smiles regulation. Apparently the robot recalls how the same warnings were used to scare people with nuclear annihilation...

South Valley Symphony kicks off its 53rd season Oct. 4 at 3pm at Guglielmo Winery in Morgan Hill, opening a four-concert season built around a single unifying idea: celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. “We wanted to primarily continue celebrating America’s 250th anniversary,” said Anthony Quartuccio, the...

More than 75 young performers from across South County will step onstage Oct. 2 as South Valley Civic Theatre opens “Disney’s The Lion King Jr.” at the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse, to run for three weekends. Adapted for young performers from the Broadway musical and...

In this week’s edition, as part of our ongoing election coverage the Times will feature candidates for Morgan Hill City Council District B and District D, as well as Morgan Hill Unified School District Trustee Area 2.  Running for District B are Steven Hayes and...

A former high school operations manager was convicted in federal court this week of paying high school boys in Morgan Hill and San Jose to create child pornography images for him, according to authorities.  Todd Baldwin, 46, of Bremerton, Wash., pleaded guilty on Sept. 22...

California could soon receive as much as $2.1 billion from Meta as part of a settlement over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harmed children and teens. That is an enormous amount of money—and an enormous opportunity. The proposed settlement calls for...

A couple of weeks ago, if you saw a gray pickup heading out of town toward Highway 152, loaded down with furniture and looking more like a U-Haul truck than a pickup, that was me.  Like all parents of college-age children, it’s that time of...

Rotary Club of Morgan Hill will offer $24,000 in small grants to local nonprofits for work that supports the Morgan Hill community. The application deadline is Oct. 31. The Hearts of Rotary grants program seeks nonprofit organizations that have unfunded needs for specific items, typically...

Youth Alliance and South County Cal-SOAP on Sept. 18 announced a new partnership designed to strengthen college and career access for students throughout San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties. Effective Oct. 1, Youth Alliance will serve as the fiscal sponsor and organizational home...

Oakwood School in Morgan Hill is known for strong academics. And the school offers more “A’s” beyond “Academics,” with students excelling in Athletics, Arts and many other fields. Isabelle Anderson exemplifies the multi-talented Oakwood student-athlete, as the recent graduate shined in academics, set and hit...