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Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a new state law that could lead to more farmworker housing development in Santa Clara County.  Assembly Bill 3035 was authored by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin and was inspired by Santa Clara County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas’ Agricultural Worker Housing Initiative, says...

San Jose Police identified the man who died in a Jan. 21 officer-involved shooting as David Lee Tovar, who was a suspect in dozens of violent crimes, burglaries and thefts in the South Bay dating back to April 2020, according to authorities. Tovar’s alleged crime...

Once again, an anonymous “we” tells us that “they” want to be “respectful of everyone's time—yours, the council's and the staff’s” by combining council meetings to one per month for April and May. I don’t know if council members agreed or if this was decided...

Symphony season begins Oct. 9 South Valley Symphony will open its 49th season Sunday, Oct. 9 with a concert of music entirely by American composers. Maestro Anthony Quartuccio will lead the orchestra in a “Made in America!” program that will open with the National Anthem and...

Three San Martin families and a popular neighborhood market joined together to help bring Thanksgiving feasts to hundreds of people in need.

Herman Garcia deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor for his environmental activism. He can be nominated by visiting cmohs.org, going to “Citizen Honors Awards/Apply,” and “Nominate/CMOHS.” Let’s all submit his name.  DJ Smith Gilroy

Longtime community volunteer and founding board member of the Morgan Hill Community Foundation, Mario Banuelos, has been named the 2023 Leadership Excellence Award recipient.  Banuelos will be honored at a Sept. 9 evening outdoor celebration and fundraiser at Guglielmo Winery, says a press release from...

Authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order Friday afternoon for residents on Armsby Lane due to a brush fire in west Morgan Hill. CalFire Santa Clara Unit firefighters are battling a vegetation fire on Armsby Lane, near Sleepy Valley Road, according to the unit's twitter...

Police are looking for a suspect or suspects who shot a man at a Morgan Hill park early in the morning Jan. 5, according to authorities.

Democrat Joe Biden was declared the winner in the race to become U.S. president, ousting President Donald Trump after winning the 20 electoral votes in Pennsylvania and putting him over the 270 he needed, results showed Saturday morning.  Ballots are still being counted in Nevada,...