Business

Chefs will come from far and wide at the behest of Chef Charlie Palmer and local entrepreneur Frank Léal to participate once again in one of Northern California’s most anticipated culinary events. The 3rd annual MOHI Food & Wine will be held in downtown...

Live Oak High School celebrated the opening of a renovated culinary classroom Sept. 30, a $260,000 upgrade the Morgan Hill Unified School District says will give students in its Foods & Culinary pathway a professional-grade space to learn cooking and catering. Foods & Culinary is...

As the sky turned orange on the evening of Oct. 4, visitors to Spina Farms Pumpkin Patch lined up to pose in front of a screaming animatronic creature lurching out of the corn, while others spread out among rows of pumpkins staged for photos. The...

In an effort to make downtown Morgan Hill more accessible and improve the visitor experience, the city is launching a new downtown parking strategy that will designate 18 spaces on side streets near Monterey Road as 20-minute short-term parking.  The spaces will be identified with...

Rotary Club of Morgan Hill will offer $24,000 in small grants to local nonprofits for work that supports the Morgan Hill community. The application deadline is Oct. 31. The Hearts of Rotary grants program seeks nonprofit organizations that have unfunded needs for specific items, typically...

Youth Alliance and South County Cal-SOAP on Sept. 18 announced a new partnership designed to strengthen college and career access for students throughout San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties. Effective Oct. 1, Youth Alliance will serve as the fiscal sponsor and organizational home...

For years, Morgan Hill resident Eelia Haney set five alarms to get herself out of bed. She fell asleep in class, sometimes for only 15 or 30 seconds at a time—microsleeps she wouldn’t even notice until she came to. It took doctors 14 years...

When Ivan Uranga decided to shut the door on a 14-year office job to own his own business, the chicken sandwiches game in Gilroy was wide open. Today, two and a half years after opening Macaco Spicy Chicken Sandwiches, competition is fierce since Chick-fil-A...

The Nov. 3 election ballot will feature numerous local races, including Mayor of Morgan Hill, two seats on the City Council and four seats on the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education.  The last day to register to vote for the midterm election...

The Morgan Hill City Council voted 4-1 in a tensely emotional Sept. 16 meeting to censure Councilmember Yvonne Martinez Beltrán over allegations of misconduct, including bullying and intimidation of her colleagues. The vote comes as the result of a June 3 incident in which Councilmembers...