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Fundraising for Morgan Hill’s long-awaited Downtown Gateway Arch has surpassed its private donation goal, and the project remains on track for a November installation timed to the city’s 120th anniversary, according to the leader of the group overseeing the project. The Morgan Hill City Council...

How has your faith changed your life? Or has it?  In my daily Bible reading, I came across this nugget: “Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey...

Brian Allen and his son Daniel have built their goat-grazing business, Green Goat Landscapers, from just a pair of animals in 2014 to more than 1,000 goats and sheep today. Contracting with entities including Santa Clara County, the Santa Clara Valley Water District and...

Long before Mary Blair became one of Disney’s most celebrated visual artists, designers and storytellers, she was a young girl growing up in Morgan Hill. Blair, born Mary Browne Robinson on Oct. 21, 1911, in McAlester, Oklahoma, moved with her family several times during her...

South Bay Singers is inviting new and returning singers from Morgan Hill, Gilroy, San Martin, Hollister and throughout the South Valley to join its Fall/Holiday season, beginning Sept. 9 at Advent Lutheran Church in Morgan Hill.  The community choir welcomes all experience levels, requires no...

Morgan Hill will soon be the new manufacturing home for power grid electronics manufacturer Heron Power, the company and the City of Morgan Hill announced in a joint press release Aug. 13. The Scotts Valley-based industrial electronics company plans to convert an 286,000 square foot...

At my very first chess tournament, as I looked across the board, my mind overlooked the tactical opportunities, my candidate moves and the lines I had just calculated. Instead, it froze with the image of my opponent and his friends laughing at me, in...

The fastest swimmers in the pool are those in the 50-meter freestyle. Known as the ultimate test of sprint speed, it features a single length of a 50-meter pool from a block start to a final hand touch.  The sprint relies on an explosive start,...

Dozens of South Valley students were awarded a total of 115 scholarships at the Gavilan College Foundation “From Gratitude to Greatness” banquet on Aug. 6.  The event at the Gavilan Student Center celebrated student achievement among the recipients and their families.  “At Gavilan, we are committed...

I am pleased that residents are challenging the behavior of Morgan Hill City Council. The Council needs to assert its independence and understand that the California Open Meeting (aka Brown) Act consists of guidelines and minimums rather than absolutes and maximums.  The Brown Act allows—in...