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The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the cities of Morgan Hill and Petaluma over their ordinances banning natural gas infrastructure in new construction. The complaint, filed Jan. 5 in the Northern District of California, says the cities’ bans violate federal law by restricting consumer...

Friends and family of murder victim Tara Romero will commemorate the local teen’s short life with a balloon release on the second anniversary of her death.

Once again, an anonymous “we” tells us that “they” want to be “respectful of everyone's time—yours, the council's and the staff’s” by combining council meetings to one per month for April and May. I don’t know if council members agreed or if this was decided...

Two Morgan Hill Unified School District educators took to the video waves this week, producing a Youtube silent clip that depicted their plights as teachers trying to make due in one of the most expensive parts of the country.The video comes on the heels of the local teachers’ union’s ongoing contract negotiations with district leadership that have stalled to a point where a mediator has been brought in.A married couple and veteran teachers, Britton Middle School’s Tony Goble and Nordstrom Elementary School’s Anna Goble, held up cards telling their story from living with their parents to save money for a home, to using grandparents for free day care that they would otherwise not be able to afford.MHUSD and the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers have a scheduled meeting in January with the mediator to attempt to work out a fair compensation agreement before the current contract expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year.

Police arrested a suspect this week who allegedly set at least four fires in Morgan Hill on Christmas night, according to authorities.  The fires started shortly after 7pm Dec. 25, Morgan Hill Police said. MHPD officers and Morgan Hill Fire Department personnel responded to each...