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Rich Firato has been known as Morgan Hill’s “benevolent pirate” for many years. He has opened his authentic backyard pirate cove to hundreds of local friends, families, children and community members for charity fundraisers, Halloween parties, private tours and countless other events. But now, Firato’s...

Over the past 45 years, Scout Troop 799/2799 has been launching the Magic Ship as part of the holiday festivities surrounding the Morgan Hill area. Its first sighting occurs at the annual Holiday Parade, but throughout the month of December the Magic Ship (and...

At the midway point of the Blossom Valley League’s West Valley Division season, the Sobrato High boys soccer team has become the odds-on favorite to win the championship and earn just its second Central Coast Section playoff berth in program history.  The Bulldogs (13-0-1 overall,...

The City of Morgan Hill plans to spend more than $500,000 on efforts to reduce commuter traffic in the city’s downtown, install new safety measures and design a Monterey Road Lane Reduction project through the neighborhood that would incorporate parklet spaces and a protected...

Submit redistricting maps The deadline to submit your proposed maps for new Morgan Hill City Council districts is Jan. 31.  The city’s Redistricting website, located at morgan-hill.ca.gov/2183/Draw-a-Map, shows different mapping tools and how to draw a city council district map.  The next key date in the city’s...

The City of Morgan Hill this week accepted a $50,000 donation to the Morgan Hill Senior Center—funds that will go a long way toward improving service at the local center, city staff said.  The donation was made by the nonprofit Friends of the Morgan Hill...

Students, teachers and staff at local schools returned from winter break to an “all time high” number of weekly reported Covid-19 cases, according to Morgan Hill Unified School District staff. For the week of Jan. 3-9, a total of 177 students and 24 staff members...

State Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday announced his office is opening a civil rights investigation into the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office over allegations that include misconduct in county jails and resistance to oversight. The Sheriff's Office has faced much criticism under six-term Sheriff...

Covid-19 hospitalizations among California's children—especially those too young to go to school—are the highest they have been since the pandemic began. Chalk it up to the highly contagious omicron variant, kids exposed during in-person instruction at school and other public places, and infants and preschoolers...

Leaded aviation fuel is no longer available for sale at San Martin Airport and Reid-Hillview Airport in east San Jose after a Santa Clara County ban on the gas, commonly known as 100LL, at the sites went into effect Jan. 1.  But federal authorities are...