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The wild and suspenseful saga that is the winter of 2023 continues, with the latest chapter bringing rare snowfall to South Valley—not just once, but multiple times since last week—blanketing the hills above Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Hollister with accumulated frozen precipitation.  Some locations in...

As Morgan Hill and Santa Clara County officials wait for state housing authorities to sign off on their required local General Plan Housing Elements, developers have submitted plans for more than 1,900 new homes in and around the city under a provision of state...

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a bill into law that is meant to curb the proliferation of untraceable firearms known as “ghost guns.” Assembly Bill 2842, authored by state Assemblymember Diane Papan, D-San Mateo, prohibits third-party gun destruction entities from reselling leftover gun parts...

By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Outdoor youth sports will soon be allowed to resume in California counties that meet a threshold for coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. Outdoor sports like football and baseball will be allowed to resume as early as next...

Two public facilities in Morgan Hill will be open as cooling centers this weekend as the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory from June 30-July 2. Temperatures in Morgan Hill are expected to reach the upper-90s, peaking on July 1, according to the...

Adults seeking to improve their reading and writing skills through the Santa Clara County Library District’s literacy program in South County are waiting up to six months to be matched with a volunteer tutor, even as similar programs in the northern part of the...

Morgan Hill Police responded to the area of Britton Middle School on a report of a suspicious package Monday morning, but the item was determined to be an empty fireworks container, according to authorities.  MHPD said in a public safety alert posted online at 9:53am...

Residents and property owners began preparing early this week for an incoming round of storms that forecasters say could drench some areas from Morgan Hill to south San Benito County with more than two inches of rain by Sunday.  As this story goes to press...

School district officials are investigating a weekend vandalism incident at Live Oak High School in which someone allegedly tagged the campus with graffiti.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District announced the successful sale of $37.57 million of 2023 General Obligation Refunding Bonds. The transaction refinances outstanding Series A bonds issued from the 2012 Measure G voter authorization, according to a press release from MHUSD.  Through the bond refinancing,...