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The City of Morgan Hill has been awarded a grant that will fund efforts to boost upward mobility for vulnerable residents.  On April 13, city officials announced that Morgan Hill has been accepted as a member of the International City/County Management Association’s (ICMA) Economic Mobility...

Dozens of filmmakers, musicians and others gathered at the Capos Event Center in downtown Gilroy on April 14 to celebrate the annual Poppy Jasper International Film Festival. The Poppy Bash, co-hosted by Alina Malletti Galore and Jayson Stebbins, was an opportunity for filmmakers to...

The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill recently gave out $20,000 in grants to 24 local organizations that offer a variety of services to the local community—including educational programs, help for the homeless, medical equipment for those in need, food for the underserved, equine-assisted therapy,...

The Morgan Hill Unified School District announced the successful sale of $37.57 million of 2023 General Obligation Refunding Bonds. The transaction refinances outstanding Series A bonds issued from the 2012 Measure G voter authorization, according to a press release from MHUSD.  Through the bond refinancing,...

San Jose police announced Wednesday the arrest of 22 suspects with outstanding warrants for various sexual assaults who were taken into custody during an operation in March. The arrests include 21 men and one woman, and 20 of the suspects are residents of San Jose.  All...

Learn to compost April 15 The City of Morgan Hill’s Environmental Services office will host a free compost workshop 10am-12pm April 15 in the Poppy Jasper Room of the Community & Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Road.  The two-hour workshop will be led by a Santa Clara...

The Dhammapada is a Buddhist text that is believed to record the actual words of the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Guatama, better known as the Buddha. It is a collection of sayings of the Buddha. Verse 131 teaches, “All living beings seek happiness.” Throughout our...

Sometimes people ask Mattie Scariot if she is Poppy Jasper. She is not. She is, however, the director of the Poppy Jasper Film Festival. For one week each spring, the Poppy Jasper Film Festival turns the greater South County area into something of a cineaste’s...

Even with an injury to one of its top athletes, the Sobrato High track and field program is setting program records and continuing to hit its marks.  “We’re building the program and doing our best to put Sobrato on the map as far as track...

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s board of directors voted unanimously April 11 to rescind a “water shortage emergency” that was declared in 2021 during a historic statewide drought.  But Valley Water officials still want local residents, businesses and other customers to conserve water. The...