Live Oak girls soccer team in contention to win the BVAL Santa Teresa Division title
Maddie Vasquez literally grew up on the local soccer fields including the one at Live Oak High, where her dad, Tony, is the longtime girls soccer coach. Whenever Tony was coaching a game, Maddie was there, running on the field and kicking the ball...
Roadwork season underway in Morgan Hill
Road construction contractors and traffic control engineers will be busy the remainder of the summer completing various street projects throughout Morgan Hill.
These include nine streets that comprise the city’s 2021 “pavement rehabilitation project.” Work started earlier this month on one stretch—Peak Avenue from Main...
Highway 101 reopens in Gilroy after utility pole crash
UPDATE 2pm: Both directions of Highway 101 have reopened.
The driver of the vehicle was transported to Valley Medical Center in San Jose with unknown injuries.
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Highway 101 between Monterey Road and Highway 25 in Gilroy is currently shut down after a vehicle hit a...
Local Scene: Academic honors; lawn watering three days a week
Becerra inducted into Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Mary Becerra of Morgan Hill, a student at Saint Mary's College of California, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic...
Bike Month starts May 1
Avid cyclists, commuters, cycling hobbyists, transportation planners, environmentalists and health advocates are getting ready to celebrate Bike Month in May, which features a variety of local organized events to promote two-wheeled pedal power.
Local events center around national Bike to Work Day and the Bay...
South Valley Democrats lead in U.S. Congress balloting
The incumbent members of Congress representing portions of Santa Clara and San Benito counties—Anna Eshoo, Ro Khanna, Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta, all of them Democrats—are easily headed to reelection this year, despite encountering significant changes in district boundaries because of reapportionment based on...
DAs office announces teen poster contest to raise awareness of animal cruelty
District Attorney Jeff Rosen is asking Santa Clara County high school students to create and submit original art that helps bring awareness to animal cruelty, focusing on neglect, and how to report it.
The winner will receive $1,500. The second-place winner will receive $1,000 and...
Memorial pays tribute to victims of festival shooting
When shooting broke out at Christmas Hill Park on July 28, 2019, one mother had to make a split-second decision.
Her son was less than 10 feet away, but she knew she couldn’t reach him faster than a bullet from the gunman’s rifle. Should she...
Gavilan College celebrates ‘topping out’ of new Hollister campus project
About 100 people attended a ceremony Jan. 24 to commemorate the “topping out” of construction of Gavilan College’s new San Benito County campus, located on Fairview Road in Hollister.
The ceremony included a traditional signing of a steel beam, the last one to be placed...
Guest view: Wear masks properly
Not wearing a mask properly is like double dipping your chip at a party. Double dipping is not cool and neither is wearing a mask improperly.

















