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Rather than supporting community workshops to discuss service priorities and how many and more or less dollars will be needed to support future city services and staff, this paper’s news article on budget deficits and tax increases focused on the city’s position that revenues...

Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf was named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for January but is off to a rough start in February with an 0-2-1 mark. Overall, the season has been stellar.  The NHL now pauses until Feb. 22, as only the league’s...

Oakwood High School senior Harsh Sikka of Morgan Hill has captured his third top title in the 2013 Rotary Speech Contest, besting the winners from half of the 54 clubs in the Rotary District 5170. He will be among four students to vie for the final district championship and scholarship March 26 in Napa.

Photographer and filmmaker Kirti Bassendine is bringing her documentary film “Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range” to an exclusive audience in Morgan Hill on Jan. 21.  The film explores the cultural practices and personal stories of 10 tribal community members calling attention to...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority will host a series of local open house meetings in the coming weeks regarding the project’s “San Jose to Merced” section, which will pass through Morgan Hill and Gilroy.This section of the bullet train project is part of the first phase of the CHSRA system that will eventually carry passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The 84-mile San Jose to Merced section will travel between stations in San Jose and Gilroy, according to a notice from HSRA.Upcoming open house meetings are intended to provide attendees with an update on the rail section’s environmental review process, which is scheduled to be complete in 2018, reads the notice. The meetings offer “an opportunity to ask questions and provide input regarding effects to the environment including biological resources, cultural resources, air quality, noise, community impacts, environmental justice and more.”In Gilroy, an open house meeting is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. April 18 at the I.F.D.E.S. Lodge of Gilroy, 250 Old Gilroy Street. In Morgan Hill, a similar meeting will take place 5 to 8 p.m. May 1 at the Community and Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Road.Two more meetings are scheduled in San Jose (April 20) and Los Banos (April 25).The meetings will be identical in format and content.For more information, visit hsr.ca.gov. Or call (800) 455-8166 or email [email protected].

Swarms of bicycling enthusiasts hit the road and enjoyed a Saturday afternoon of scenic views throughout Santa Clara County as part of the 26th annual I Care Classic Springtime Bike Tour, which launched from Morgan Hill’s Paramit Corporation campus.

Morgan Hill Police made a “significant” narcotics arrest—including the seizure of several pounds of methamphetamine—after stopping a vehicle for traffic violations Oct. 21, authorities said.  About 11:14pm, a MHPD officer conducted a vehicle stop in Morgan Hill for multiple state vehicle code violations, says a...

The school board will consider where Charter School of Morgan