2024 Mushroom Festival coming to downtown Morgan Hill
The 43rd Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival, formerly known as Mushroom Mardi Gras, will take place May 25-26 in the city’s downtown, organizers announced on Jan. 25.
The board of directors of Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras, Inc.—the organization that runs the festival—was “excited” this week...
Local Scene: Library district opens community survey
Library district opens community survey
Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) has launched an online community survey to the hundreds of thousands of Santa Clara County residents who utilize its services and/or live within the nine cities within its boundaries, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill and...
Morgan Hill council adopts housing needs roadmap
The City of Morgan Hill recently adopted its General Plan Housing Element, an eight-year roadmap on how the city will meet its projected need for new homes as the area grows.
While city officials and council members—the latter of whom unanimously approved the new Housing...
Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival returns with focus on community, scholarships
The annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival is set to return May 24-25 at the Morgan Hill Downtown Amphitheater and surrounding area, bringing with it an enhanced focus on community involvement and educational scholarships while celebrating the region's fungal heritage.
The festival, which has been running...
DAs office announces teen poster contest to raise awareness of animal cruelty
District Attorney Jeff Rosen is asking Santa Clara County high school students to create and submit original art that helps bring awareness to animal cruelty, focusing on neglect, and how to report it.
The winner will receive $1,500. The second-place winner will receive $1,000 and...
Morgan Hill third-grader grows California’s largest cabbage
Maci Johnson, a third-grader at El Toro Health Science Academy in Morgan Hill, is the California winner of this year’s National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program.
Each year, Bonnie Plants, the largest producer of vegetable and herb plans in North America, ships free O.S....
Anderson Dam project reaches ‘milestone’
Construction crews and Valley Water officials recently reached a “milestone” on the $576-million Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project in east Morgan Hill, with the completion of a massive concrete and “soil nail” wall next to the existing dam, according to water district staff.
The wall...
Weather service forecasts a wet holiday for South Valley
The South Valley is expecting and preparing for the strongest storms and heaviest rainfall of the season so far through the Christmas holiday, with wind and thunderstorms forecast through at least Dec. 26.
Valley Water, the water district that serves Santa Clara County, issued an...
Children’s Business Fair scheduled for July 31 in Morgan Hill
Local kids will get a chance to learn what it’s like to launch a startup business at the Acton Children’s Business Fair, scheduled for July 31 on the grounds of the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center.
Children participating in the fair will have the...
Hotel MOHI names new sales, marketing director
Hotel MOHI by Appellation, expected to open in downtown Morgan Hill in early 2026, recently appointed Jennifer Van Every as Director of Sales & Marketing.
Van Every will oversee all sales, marketing and event strategies for the first full-service boutique hotel in Morgan Hill, MOHI...
















