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From Dec. 11 through New Year’s Day, Morgan Hill Police Department will participate in the nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which aims to keep impaired and potentially dangerous drivers off the roads.  During the campaign period, MHPD will place additional officers on...

A grant of $1,749,800 from the Valley Health Foundation will help the YMCA of Silicon Valley expand and enhance childcare services for families in Gilroy.  Specifically, the grant—funded through Santa Clara County’s Childcare Expansion Grant Program—will support the renovation of the Gavilan College Child Development...

The 41st annual Mission 10 Race will take place on Jan. 25, 2025. This year’s race will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Hollister, which sponsors and organizes the Mission 10 event.  Runners and walkers from all over are invited to...

On a recent December afternoon, about 30 volunteers gathered at St. Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista to give their efforts to the sprawling, multifaceted Farmworker Caravan—an annual holiday donation drive for families in need in five counties.  Labeled a “Santa’s Workshop,” the Dec....

Live Oak HS Boys Basketball (3-1 overall) Recent results: Won 74-49 vs. Harbor; won 52-50 at Soledad; won 64-34 at Yerba Buena; lost 59-57 at Salinas Upcoming games: 8pm Dec. 12 at Gilroy in the Bob Hagen Tournament NOTES: Nathan Lozano is averaging 17.0 points per game...

‘Tis the season for gift giving! Why do you suppose most every religion expressed in the United States of America in the 21st century—and there are countless religions—all have a season set-aside for “gift giving”?  Could it be that all who frame their lives around...

Volunteer pilots win Rotary Club grant The Morgan Hill Rotary Club awarded the South County Airport Pilots Association Disaster Airlift Response Team a grant of $500 during the club’s recent grant program.  The grant for SCAPA DART will be used to purchase storage facilities that will...

The City of Morgan Hill’s holiday tree was lit brightly on Dec. 7, when the local Kiwanis Club and members of the community celebrated the beginning of the winter holiday season with a slate of festivities in the downtown neighborhood. The tree is located...

Maci Johnson, a third-grader at El Toro Health Science Academy in Morgan Hill, is the California winner of this year’s National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program.  Each year, Bonnie Plants, the largest producer of vegetable and herb plans in North America, ships free O.S....

A San Mateo woman died in a collision with a big-rig on Highway 152 in Gilroy on Dec. 9, according to authorities. About 3:15pm, the California Highway Patrol received reports of a traffic crash on State Route 152, west of State Route 156 in Gilroy....