County looks to expand hazardous waste disposal for small businesses
The County of Santa Clara Household Hazardous Waste program is expanding access to a service that helps small businesses dispose of hazardous waste in a safe and cost effective manner.
The county’s Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) disposal program is a dropoff service for businesses...
Santa Clara County Sheriff announces immediate retirement
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced Oct. 31 she would retire, effective immediately, as a jury deliberates a verdict in a civil corruption trial involving jail mismanagement and a “pay-to-play” scheme involving gun permits issued by her office.
Undersheriff Ken Binder will take over...
Live Oak girls volleyball completes turnaround and optimistic for even better things in 2023
In one match, the Live Oak High girls volleyball team showed the impressive turnaround it had this season and how far it still has to go to become league champions.
The Acorns’ five-set loss to Independence High on Oct. 19 cost them a share of...
Religion: The scary part of Halloween
There are lots of signs of Halloween around our communities. Ghosts, skeletons, Jack-O Lanterns, gravestones and the like. Americans spend more money on Halloween decorating than any other holiday except for Christmas. In the growing darkness of our daylight hours diminishing, we seem to...
Driving, putting for a cause, community
The Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce held its first golf tournament fundraiser in 14 years on Oct. 21, and organizers hope to make it an annual event.
Seventy-six golfers entered the best-ball foursome tournament at Coyote Creek Golf Club north of Morgan Hill. Numerous local...
Local Scene: Haunted Graveyard returns to Morgan Hill
‘Romeo and Juliet’ comes to Sobrato
William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is coming to Ann Sobrato High School in a production presented by the Sobrato Theater Society, with performances scheduled from Nov. 4-12.
The local high school troupe will present the classic romance in a more...
Public outcry brings more pay for teachers who teach extra class
Following an outcry from teachers, parents and students, Morgan Hill Unified School District officials have changed course and decided last week that they will pay local educators what is customary when they take on an extra class period.
The concerns started to boil up after...
5.1-magnitude quake shakes South Valley
A 5.1 earthquake centered just east of San Jose jolted the nation’s 10th largest city at 11:42am today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The USGS said the quake was felt as far north as wine country and Sacramento and as far south as Salinas and...
Morgan Hill resident named to national VFW position
Longtime Morgan Hill resident and Past Commander of the Gilroy Veterans of Foreign Wars post, Alfred Alciati, has been appointed to a prominent position in the national VFW organization.
Alciati, 73, is now the Aide-de-Camp to VFW National Commander-in Chief Tim Borland, says a press...
