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In the formative years for a kid playing sports, being substantially taller than everyone else doesn’t necessarily equate to an advantage.  Just ask Ethan Marmie. The 6-foot-7 Sobrato High junior forward had his fair share of growing pains as it took a while for him...

Armed with athleticism, length and a hyper-competitive drive, Sobrato High sophomore Briana Bouton reflects what the team aims to bring every game: a tenaciousness from start to finish.  All of Bouton’s skills were on display in the Bulldogs’ 69-12 win over crosstown rival Live Oak...

Daniel Martinez hops out of his black Cadillac SRX and nods toward me, chatting enthusiastically on his cellphone. Around San Jose, he’s known to many as the gregarious, insult-slinging battle-rapper and podcast host Dirtbag Dan, but there’s no trace of that character now. Instead,...

Trey Bringuel was an eighth-grader when he first attended the Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game, and to this day he remembers thinking one thing.  “I thought it would be cool if I could play in the game one day,” he said.  The Sobrato High senior is going...

The deadline to submit a City Council redistricting map for consideration by the elected council is 5pm Jan. 31, according to city staff. All draft maps are available for public review on the city’s redistricting webpage at http://www.morgan-hill.ca.gov/2182/Draft-Maps. A City Council workshop will be held at...

A drug dealer has been charged with the murder of a 12-year-old San Jose girl who fatally overdosed on fentanyl, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. The 16-year-old San Jose resident sold the drug to the girl in 2020, the DA’s office...

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...