Live Oak’s Aidan Keenan, Landon Stump, Diego Castellanos and Kaitlyn Silva sign letter of intents
Four Live Oak High student-athletes—Aidan Keenan, Landon Stump, Diego Castellanos and Kaitlyn Silva—signed their college letters of intent on Nov. 9, the first day of the early signing period for high school athletes in sports other than football.
The quartet gathered at the Live Oak...
Live Oak makes top 20 in national football helmet ranking
A schoolteacher and coach in Missouri created a website where he has been collecting pictures of the football helmets used by all 351 high schools in Missouri. As a side project during the summer months, the coach has expanded his photo collection geographically—naming Morgan...
Newsom replaces watchlist with new tiered reopening system
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday revealed what he called a new, more “stringent” four-tiered reopening system that allows counties to open their economies depending on their case and test positivity rates.
Photos: San Martin Food Truck Fly In
The San Martin Airport presented The Food Truck Fly-In, an event filled with food, aircraft displays, aviation-centered entertainment and live music on Sept. 11. The event included a 9/11 tribute skydive by Skydive Silicon Valley in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist...
Police arrest teen for armed robbery in Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill Police arrested a 16-year-old boy who robbed a local department store by brandishing a firearm at a store employee, according to authorities.
About 7:46pm Feb. 13, Morgan Hill Police responded to Target, 1061 Cochrane Road, to investigate a report of a robbery that...
Live Oak hosts sports camps during the summer
Sporting action continues this summer at Live Oak High School. There is the popular All-Sports Camp and also 15 Specialty Camps.
These camps provide summer fun and instruction under the leadership of the Acorns’ coaching staff and many of their student-athletes. This summer marks the...
Gavilan College recognized for strong return on investment
Gavilan College ranked No. 16 statewide and No. 5 in the Bay Area among 327 California community and career colleges for return on investment, according to a new report from College Futures Foundation and the HEA Group.
The “Golden Returns” report shows that students at...
Guest view: Deal lets Bay Area counties off the hook
Charitably, officials in five wealthy Bay Area counties erroneously—but in good faith—miscalculated how local property taxes were divvied up among local governments and schools. A more jaundiced view is that five county auditors disregarded state law and state Department of Finance guidelines and grabbed hundreds of millions of dollars in “excess ERAF” funds that were supposed to go to schools.
Endangered gray wolf arrives in San Benito County
A gray wolf has made his way into San Benito County, and wildlife officials are saying this is the farthest south a wolf has traveled in the state in more than 100 years.
OR-93, a nearly two-year-old male wolf from Oregon, was fitted with a...
Religion: Hanukkah—Spreading light in the darkness
The past two months have been a painful period in Jewish history. On Oct. 7, as Jews around the world were celebrating the holiday of Simchat Torah—rejoicing with the Torah—the season of darkness arrived early with Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel. Now we are...

















