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Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung was convicted Sept. 21 of two felony bribery charges stemming from a long-running investigation into the sheriff’s office’s issuance of concealed weapons permits. The negotiated plea, announced by the District Attorney’s Office, requires Sung to permanently surrender his...

For years, Morgan Hill resident Eelia Haney set five alarms to get herself out of bed. She fell asleep in class, sometimes for only 15 or 30 seconds at a time—microsleeps she wouldn’t even notice until she came to. It took doctors 14 years...

I’m addressing this “pet peeve” — pun intended — to all dog owners in Morgan Hill who somehow believe it’s perfectly acceptable to let their dogs poop on public sidewalks, where the rest of us have to dodge their deposits. Almost equally frustrating are dog...

When Ivan Uranga decided to shut the door on a 14-year office job to own his own business, the chicken sandwiches game in Gilroy was wide open. Today, two and a half years after opening Macaco Spicy Chicken Sandwiches, competition is fierce since Chick-fil-A...

The Nov. 3 election ballot will feature numerous local races, including Mayor of Morgan Hill, two seats on the City Council and four seats on the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education.  The last day to register to vote for the midterm election...

The Morgan Hill City Council voted 4-1 in a tensely emotional Sept. 16 meeting to censure Councilmember Yvonne Martinez Beltrán over allegations of misconduct, including bullying and intimidation of her colleagues. The vote comes as the result of a June 3 incident in which Councilmembers...

Fact-checking Hollister Free Lance; fact-checking Gilroy Dispatch; fact-checking Morgan Hill Times? About those articles that you published about transit having a “balanced budget,” so claimed by the Gilroy City Councilman/VTA Public Sector Transit Advocate. Are you going to let them make such false statements?  Moreover, make...

Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement—is Judaism’s most solemn holy day, but its enduring power lies not in sadness. It lies in the radical proposition that human beings can stop, take account and begin again. Observed on the 10th day after the beginning of the Jewish...

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction halting construction of a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Gilroy, a ruling county officials and community advocates celebrated Sept. 14 as a major, if not final, victory in a four-month legal fight. U.S. District...

As the leaves begin to turn and neighborhoods across Santa Clara County welcome a much-needed October breeze, I am honored to be rolling out a picnic blanket for our entire community!  I hope you, your friends, families and neighbors from across the 15th Senate District...