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A non-native Aedes aegypti mosquito—an aggressive species that can spread certain diseases—has been discovered in a residential area of Gilroy, according to the Santa Clara County Vector Control District. A mosquito of the same species was also found recently in a neighborhood of east...

Morgan Hill Police recovered a concealed handgun and two other illegal firearms following a traffic stop at a local park, according to authorities. At 12:10pm Aug. 22, a Morgan Hill Police officer on routine patrol observed a suspicious vehicle parked at Community Park, off West...

As if high school football coaches weren’t busy enough, another layer was added to their duties when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Ford Store Morgan Hill employees on May 30 delivered 3,000 plastic shields to seven local nursing and senior living facilities.

Santa Clara County recently approved funding for three new affordable housing projects—including units for veterans and special needs residents in the proposed Magnolias development in Morgan Hill.  The county board of supervisors on June 28 approved funding from the Measure A Affordable Housing bond that...

Public health officials say they’ve detected the first known cases of a South African Covid-19 variant in Santa Clara and Alameda counties. Chief health officers in each jurisdiction, doctors Sara Cody and Nicholas Moss, hosted a press conference Feb. 10 to field questions about the...

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing air quality advisories for Friday and Saturday because of wildfire smoke but says the pollution levels are not expected to exceed federal health standards and prompt a Spare the Air alert. Smoke from wildfires across California...

California’s power grid operator made it through Sept. 7 without rotating outages, but thousands of PG&E customers in the Bay Area still lost power as fatigued transformers failed in the extreme heat. Nearly 24,000 customers were affected at one point Wednesday evening by the outages,...

Briones makes dean’s list Jason Briones, of Morgan Hill, was one of 264 students named to the spring 2023 dean's list at Presbyterian College. This honor recognizes students who have achieved between a 3.3 and a 3.9-grade point average for a semester, and is a...

Numerous road and public infrastructure projects are underway or soon to be started in Morgan Hill, impacting travelers with lane closures and occasional delays as they cross town over the summer months.  On Monterey Road near San Pedro Avenue, crews on June 24 were closing...