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Open letter to Mayor Mark Turner and Members of the City Council: I am writing as a resident of Morgan Hill to formally request that the City Council place an item on the agenda for the next regular open public meeting to discuss and vote...

Author Alie Saad synthesized science, speculation and spirituality to develop a narrative that explores the nature of consciousness and the definition of life, and forces the reader to ask hard questions about the role of science, regulation and mysticism in medical cases where the...

The Morgan Hill chapter of the AAUW will host three upcoming candidate forums in an effort to help voters become familiar with and knowledgeable about their choices in the Nov. 3 election.  All three forums will take place 6:30-9pm at Morgan Hill City Council Chambers,...

The slate of candidates is set. The campaign signs will soon be everywhere, mailboxes will fill with political mailers and candidates will be making their cases to voters. Now it’s our turn. Voting is one of the most important responsibilities we have as citizens, yet it...

For the third time since a police investigation began earlier this summer, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is seeking to send a suspected serial child molester to jail while he awaits trial on multiple felony charges.  Anthony Joseph Ramon, 25, of Gilroy, was...

A new self-guided history trail wound its way through downtown Morgan Hill for the first time Aug. 29, as the Leadership Morgan Hill Class of 2026 cut the ribbon on “Many Stories, One Morgan Hill,” the capstone project to the nine-month leadership development course. The...

The last time I wrote this column, I argued that “faith at its best does not teach us to fear our neighbors. It teaches us to see them.” I’ve been thinking about that word—see—quite a bit lately.  More precisely, I’ve been wondering: What is the difference...

Dozens of clergy and more than 100 community members gathered Aug. 30 outside the site of a proposed federal immigration detention facility on Holsclaw Road near Gilroy, launching what organizers say will be a monthly series of interfaith prayer vigils opposing the project. The vigil,...

The Morgan Hill City Council voted unanimously Aug. 26 to impose a 45-day moratorium on new data centers and grid-scale battery energy storage facilities, buying city staff time to draft zoning rules before any such projects can be proposed within city limits. The ordinance blocks...

A day on the green goes hilariously wrong in “The Fox on the Fairway,” Ken Ludwig’s golf-course farce opening Aug. 28 at Pintello Comedy Theater. The play pits two rival country clubs against each other in a high-stakes tournament after one club’s leader poaches the...