County: Stay home on Lady of Guadalupe Celebration Day
With Covid-19 cases skyrocketing and hospital ICUs reaching capacity, health officials and community leaders are imploring the public to stay home during the Lady of Guadalupe day of celebration on Dec. 12.
Case numbers in recent days have steadily broken records, with 1,700 recorded recently...
Local Scene: Halloween fun at Magical Bridge
Halloween fun at Magical Bridge
Join the City of Morgan Hill and its Parks & Recreation team for spooky fun at the Magical Bridge Playground from 3:30-5:30pm Oct. 19. The playground is located at 171 West Edmundson Ave.
Activities include a flash mob dance routine, face...
Covid-19: By the numbers
Santa Clara County health officials reported 259 new cases of Covid-19 on July 30, bringing the total to 9,612 positive cases since the pandemic began.
Religion: What is truth?
This being an election year, we will have several issues and candidates to evaluate where we will try to determine who or what we will support with our vote. There will be ads and news articles on television, in social media, email and regular...
Nominating begins for Nov. 5 election candidates
The nomination period opened July 15 and will close at 5pm Aug. 9 for candidates for local elected offices on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. The closing date can be extended to Aug. 14 for offices in which an eligible incumbent has not...
Religion: Following God into the storm
There are times in life when we find ourselves called from seasons of relative peace and tranquility into what we know will be a time of unknown storm. Sometimes the storm chooses us. Sometimes we choose the storm.
As we navigate our way forward, we...
Small earthquake shakes South County
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck southern Santa Clara County Monday morning at 5:58 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake struck at a depth of 5.9 kilometers, about 9 kilometers east/northeast of San Martin.
Cal Fire spokesperson Josh Shifren said there had been no...
Weather service issues heat advisory
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory and an excessive heat warning Monday night for much of the Bay Area beginning Wednesday, with temperatures expected in the 90s and 100s.
The heat advisory is in effect from 11am Wednesday through 9pm Friday for the...
Meet the candidates: MHUSD Trustee Area 2
Running for the Morgan Hill Unified School District Trustee Area 2 seat are James Dill and incumbent John Horner.
Horner is running for his second four-year term on the MHUSD Board of Trustees. His professional experience started out as an engineer and manager in the...
MHPD offers $5K reward for unsolved 2020 murder
Morgan Hill Police—in partnership with a Los Altos-based nonprofit that advocates for crime victims—is offering a reward for information about the unsolved murder of Michael Duran, according to authorities.
Duran, 18, was shot and killed by an unknown suspect or suspects May 29, 2020, while...