Live Oak students help protect the front lines
Grace and a group of teammates are helping health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight by creating face shield parts with 3D printers.
Police briefs: Vehicle thefts up, ‘non-essential’ complaints
Vehicle thefts in Morgan Hill have gone up dramatically since the Bay Area’s March 17 shelter-home order was enacted, though police can’t say definitively if the increase is related to the current public health directives.
Gov. Newsom lays out plan to loosen stay-at-home order
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday said he will revisit the statewide
stay-at-home order in two weeks if the curve of COVID-19 cases in
California is not only “flattening” but “declining.”
That does not mean the order will be completely lifted, Newsom said,
but certain aspects...
Pizzeria donates to first responders
The business has also donated pizzas to hungry staff at De Paul Health Center in Morgan Hill.
Rivas introduces farmworker relief package
With California farms facing labor shortages, grocers experiencing empty shelves because of logistical bottlenecks, and many of the state's up to one million farmworkers lacking access to health care, Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) introduced legislation on April 9 to protect the health, safety and economic security of agricultural workers and prevent disruptions to the nation’s food supply.
Local manufacturers meet demand for medical equipment
Many of Morgan Hill’s more than 100 manufacturers have seen a sharp increase in business as the demand for critical medical equipment skyrockets during the COVID-19 pandemic.
County: 25 cases confirmed in Morgan Hill
Newly released data show that dozens of cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in South County, but health officials noted that residents should “behave as if the virus is everywhere.”
City to host ‘virtual town hall’ Thursday night
Morgan Hill city staff will host a virtual town hall meeting at 5:30pm tonight regarding the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Times earns top honors
The Morgan Hill Times’ coverage of the June 2019 Ford Store shooting netted the newspaper a first-place award in the California News Publishers Association’s annual California Journalism Awards.
Letters: Thank you to retailers
One might re-write this in light of current events to say, “The man who views his life after this pandemic has passed, in the same way as he did before this pandemic came upon us, has wasted a pandemic.”
