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April 18, 2024

Local Scene: Doggy Days of Summer; Cops & Robbers Ball

Doggy Days of Summer The Morgan Hill 4th Saturday Downtown Street Series on Aug. 26 will feature a day of doggy fun, as the city will close Monterey Road from Fourth Street to Main Avenue to allow people and their pets to roam freely while...

Local manufacturing company announces major expansion

Toray Advanced Composites, an advanced manufacturing company with headquarters in Morgan Hill, is planning to expand its local plant operations in order to meet a growing demand for its products, according to the company. Plans include a 74,000-square-foot expansion of Toray’s local campus, located at...

Panthers win IFL Western Conference

The Morgan Hill-based Bay Area Panthers Indoor Football League team won their conference championship game July 29, continuing a major turnaround from last season’s lackluster performance when they only won a single game.  The Panthers on Saturday beat the defending champion Northern Arizona Wranglers 68-46...

County and its largest union reach tentative agreement three-year contract

Santa Clara County government’s largest union, Service Employees International Union Local 521, representing more than 12,000 workers, announced July 28 it had reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract providing an effective 13% in wage increases over three years. The announcement came more than...

Kelly Brewing Co. slowly becoming hub for food trucks

Food trucks became a product of the Covid-19 pandemic when bars and taprooms such as Kelly Brewing Co. had to follow mandates of serving food in order to remain open.   At the time, taproom manager Isaac Laing was just trying to pivot and go with...

As prices fall, so do sales tax revenues

With the prices of high-demand goods declining in recent months from prolonged nationwide inflationary forces, the City of Morgan Hill’s sales tax revenues for the first quarter of 2023 declined by just over 1% from a year earlier.  The decline was driven largely by falling...

Local mother on a mission to prevent child drownings

After Morgan Hill resident Kristina Andrews lost her daughter, Kourtney, to a drowning accident about six years ago, the local mother knew she wanted to do something to help prevent other families from suffering similar tragedies.  The desire to make a difference continued to grow...

Local Scene: Library hosts series on mental health services

Libraries hosting series on mental health services The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is partnering with the County of Santa Clara Health System, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Santa Clara County, and Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) to educate local residents on mental...

Morgan Hill club invites orgs to apply for grants

Local organizations have until Sept. 30 to apply for grants from the Morgan Hill Rotary Club to fund philanthropic projects or programs.  Grants providing financial assistance to help community organizations fulfill their missions are offered in two categories: Community Grants and Hearts of Rotary, says...

Exploring the world of local wine

Hello, I’m John and I want to take you on a journey with me. Like you, I yell at the TV when my team is losing, hide wet eyes when a story turns sad, laugh when I shouldn’t, eat what I shouldn’t, and hate...

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