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May 18, 2024

Photos: Winter persists in Morgan Hill

The wild and suspenseful saga that is the winter of 2023 continues, with the latest chapter bringing rare snowfall to South Valley—not just once, but multiple times since last week—blanketing the hills above Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Hollister with accumulated frozen precipitation.  Some locations in...

Letter: An epitaph for earlier times

This is an epitaph for a time of life before. A time of life when we could take our children downtown to an event and get their faces painted and ride tiny rides and eat popcorn, corn dogs and barbecue and listen to live...

State restores indoor mask mandate

California will restore an indoor mask mandate this week in the wake of a recent increase in Covid-19 cases, one of the state's top health officials said Monday. State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said the state will reimplement an indoor mask...

Jesse James Guerrero, nephew of Robert The Ghost Guerrero, improves to 3-0 in pro career

It took nine hours for Jesse James Guerrero to drive from Gilroy to Tijuana, the site of his third professional boxing match on March 5.  His ring time was all of one minute. Guerrero, a senior at Mount Madonna High, won via knockout just 1...

Live Oak field hockey aims for top-tier league finish; Lopez comes a long way

Emily Lopez has come a long way since she started playing field hockey in her freshman year at Live Oak High. Now a senior and one of the Acorns’ captains, Lopez has worked hard to improve and become one of the team’s best all-around...

South County celebrates Hanukkah

More than 300 people celebrated the beginning of Hanukkah Nov. 28 at an event organized by the Chabad South County Jewish Center. Attendees enjoyed live music and traditional Hanukkah foods while children played on bounce houses and made do-it-yourself menorah crafts. The crowd was...

Sobrato boys soccer shows it’s the favorite to win the BVAL Santa Teresa East Division title

After a dominating run through the lowest of the three-tier divisions in the Blossom Valley Athletic League last year, the Sobrato High boys soccer team was promoted to the B-league Santa Teresa East Division this season.  Armed with a slew of returners, the Bulldogs have...

Covid vaccinations lag for those on Medi-Cal

Low-income Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal have been vaccinated at far lower rates than the overall population in all 58 counties, according to state data. The disparity reveals a strong economic divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated throughout California. About 45% of Medi-Cal enrollees eligible for the...

Acorns, Bulldogs set to kick off 2023 season 

The dog days of summer football camp are over and the time has finally arrived for Live Oak and Sobrato high schools to kick off the 2023 season. The Acorns finished in a three-way tie for the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division title...

Housing construction abounds

In between rain storms, Morgan Hill residents have likely noticed this winter that several new residential developments are under construction in town.  According to City Hall staff reports, there are currently eight residential projects under construction. These range from a small cluster of single-family homes...

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