Featured

Our ban on natural gas for new homes is neither logical nor fair.  The recent City Council decision affirming the 2019 ruling to ban natural gas from new home construction is wrong for three reasons:  1. Natural gas usage in California will INCREASE as a result...

At 18, Presentation High School senior Isabella Correa is co-president of The Tech Interactive’s Student Board, has devoted more than 800 hours to robotics projects and will intern as a systems engineer summer at Lockheed Martin this summer.  The Gilroy student (who grew up in...

Politics these days are an ever-enlarging pit of divisiveness, but Limelight’s season-opening political comedy focuses on something everyone can get behind: laughter.  “The Outsider,” performed by Limelight presented by South Valley Civic Theatre, runs select days from Aug. 26-Sept. 17 at the Gilroy Center for...

The Live Oak and Sobrato football teams both won their most recent games in blowout fashion. The Acorns rolled to a 38-7 win over Silver Creek on Oct. 7, while the Bulldogs overwhelmed Willow Glen 36-6 two days later.  After losing its first two games...

It took nine hours for Jesse James Guerrero to drive from Gilroy to Tijuana, the site of his third professional boxing match on March 5.  His ring time was all of one minute. Guerrero, a senior at Mount Madonna High, won via knockout just 1...

The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors is expected to proclaim April 2022 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month at its April 5 meeting. The proclamation reminds motorists to drive with caution and to leave the phone alone while operating a vehicle, says a...

A pair of young wild barn owls were reunited with Mother Nature Sunday thanks to the efforts by the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center. Dozens of people took part in an upbeat send-off party at Little Uvas Vineyards in San Martin. The hour-long twilight gathering...

A motorist died in Morgan Hill Monday night after colliding into a tree on Monterey Road, according to police.

Firefighters reported that someone died in a house fire in southwest Morgan Hill late Wednesday night.

It’s that time of the year again, for the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce to start naming their annual Celebrate award winners recognizing local people, businesses and organizations that have made unique or significant contributions to the community during the past year-plus. Over the past...