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Local officials and home builders on Feb. 13 celebrated the groundbreaking for the construction of a project that will bring 65 affordable houses for farmworkers to north Morgan Hill.  Developer Eden Housing is building the project, known as The Magnolias, which is partially funded by...

The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association has awarded All-American recognition to two Morgan Hill swimmers.  The NISCA recognized Sobrato’s Zoe Childers and Oakwood’s Lucas Tompkins for their recent accomplishments in the Spring 2025 season. Childers received awards in both the 100 butterfly and the 200 individual...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Aug. 31 approved a new 73-unit affordable housing project in Morgan Hill that will include homes for agricultural workers. The project, known as Royal Oak Village, will bring more living options to some of South County’s most underserved,...

Defense was the name of the game when the Gilroy and Sobrato football teams squared off on Sept. 17. Though the host Mustangs came away with a 27-14 win, the result was closer than the score indicated. Gilroy’s defensive line was unstoppable, breaking through to...

Morgan Hill celebrated and thanked those who have served in the armed forces at the annual Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 in the city’s downtown. Police and city staff closed a portion of Monterey Road as more than 100 people gathered at the First Street...

A bicyclist was killed July 18 when a tree branch fell on her in Gilroy, the California Highway Patrol said.  The 65-year-old woman was traveling southbound on Roop Road north of Leavesley Road at an unknown speed when a large tree branch broke off and...

What is happiness? We all look for happiness, but happiness is in our own actions, not in our possessions.  Happiness is about what we do every day. Happiness is not just about being a good person and doing nothing, but about doing good, doing the right thing,...

Marcus Hernandez, a Cal Fire veteran who began his career in 2003, was recently appointed Morgan Hill’s new fire chief.  Hernandez also now serves as Unit Chief of the Cal Fire Santa Clara Unit. He is serving in both positions as of May 5.  “We are...

South County continues to be a place of fulfillment of the American Dream: people whose families came from all corners of the world, to live free of oppression. Freedom to express our own faith, or to choose to have no faith, while living respectfully...

Morgan Hill’s city attorney has recused himself from a lawsuit filed by former Mayor Steve Tate earlier this month over city council redistricting. Defending the city from the legal action instead is a local lawyer who had threatened to sue the council if it...