Local Scene: Safe Trick or Treat returns to downtown Morgan Hill
Safe Trick or Treat
The Morgan Hill Downtown Association is bringing back the annual Safe Trick or Treat event. The Halloween trick-or-treating festivities will take place 5-7pm Oct. 31 on Monterey Road between Dunne and Main avenues.
The free tradition gives children and their families a...
Cura Contemporary celebrates grand opening in downtown Morgan Hill
Hundreds of people attended the long anticipated grand opening of the Cura Contemporary art center in downtown Morgan Hill on Nov. 16.
Featuring two floors of exhibition space—currently displaying works from dozens of artists—as well as areas for workshops and demonstrations, a ground floor wine...
Twice Tyger burns bright in the Valley of the Heart’s Delight
Proprietor Billoo Rataul stands tall and proud as he surveys the vineyard land that gently slopes to the banks of Machado Creek outside Morgan Hill. Born and raised in northeast India, he grew up near jungles where beasts still roamed, and his childhood imagination...
New boat inspection rules take effect June 15 in Santa Clara County
New vessel inspection and quarantine rules aimed at preventing the spread of invasive mussels will take effect June 15 at all Santa Clara County reservoirs open to recreational boating, county officials announced.
Under the updated program, boats will no longer be able to use inspection...
DA’s office announces youth ‘Justice for All’ art contest
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is asking Santa Clara County high school students to create and send in original art portraying butterflies for this year’s “Justice for All” Art Contest.
The student art will be used to decorate the DA’s Mariposas Resiliency Center—a...
Morgan Hill vice mayor among Bay Area group visiting China
Multiple city leaders from the Bay Area were in the Chinese city of Chongqing on May 19 as part of a weeklong trip intended to foster investment, business and tourism exchanges between China and cities in Northern California.
The May 19-26 trip was organized by...
Youth art celebrated downtown
Art a la Carte, a free springtime arts and crafts event for children, took place in downtown Morgan Hill Saturday, at the Community & Cultural Center. The annual event hosted by the Morgan Hill Library, Culture and Arts Commission is an opportunity for young...
Santa Clara Valley Wineries earn gold at competition
Getting to the Sweepstakes round at the largest wine competition in North America takes a wine that outshines and outlasts 5,700 entries from more than 1,000 wineries in North America, Mexico and Canada.
The San Francisco Chronicle is not only the first official wine competition...
Research says local mountain lions are under threat
A series of letters published in the Morgan Hill Times over the past several months claiming that mountain lions are dangerously overpopulated in the Santa Cruz Mountains has drawn sharp disagreement from researchers and wildlife managers who say the claims misrepresent how the species’...
Paving Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill’s 2024 citywide pavement rehabilitation project began this week and will continue through October, according to city staff.
The contractor for the pavement work at various public street locations throughout Morgan Hill is Teichert Construction. When the pavement work is completed, Teichert crews or...

















