Live Oak High softball team back in the tough Mount Hamilton Division
After three seasons in the Blossom Valley League’s Santa Teresa B Division, the Live Oak High softball team has moved back up to the A-league Mount Hamilton Division this year.
The last time the Acorns were up in the Mount Hamilton, they finished 1-13. They...
New homes for sale at Jasper development
New homes are for sale in the north Morgan Hill Jasper residential community, located on Monterey Road near the intersection of Old Monterey Road.
The 101-unit townhome project, pictured above, is developed by San Ramon-based Trumark Homes. The project features four “unique three-story floor plans”...
A good deed for a local ‘hero’
Morgan Hill resident Roger Martarano, a Vietnam veteran who still suffers from multiple combat injuries, was literally speechless when his friends and neighbors unveiled a gift they constructed to make it safer and easier for him to enjoy his radio-controlled airplane hobby.
Martarano, a retired...
George Huang appointed as Morgan Hill’s new fire chief
CalFire this week announced the appointment of George Huang as Unit Chief of the Santa Clara Unit, which is based in Morgan Hill. Under the city’s partnership with CalFire, Huang will also serve as the chief of the Morgan Hill Fire Department, according to...
Two years after first lockdown, Covid-19 picture improves
It’s been two years since Santa Clara County went into lockdown in response to a then-mostly unknown threat that was destroying lives across the world.
The first shelter-in-place order in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which went into effect on March 17, 2020, shut down...
Local Scene: Academic honors; youth film contest
Locals named to Dean's List at Biola University
Three Morgan Hill residents were among nearly 1,800 students named to the Biola University Dean's List in Fall 2021.
The local students are:
• Kelsey Orlando, majoring in Psychology
• Hannah Ruffner, majoring in Bible, Theology, and Ministry
• Gabrielle Stieg,...
High-Speed Rail exec says project at ‘turning point’
The construction of California’s high-speed rail system is at a “turning point” as a stretch of the project through the Central Valley is on track for completion in the next few years, the project’s chief executive said Tuesday.
A 119-mile stretch of the rail system...
Higgins joins Westmont of Morgan Hill as executive director
Westmont of Morgan Hill recently named Jolie Higgins as executive director. Higgins brings a 23-year career in senior living services to Westmont, according to a press release.
Higgins started her career in 1999 at Atria Senior Living, as a business officer manager, says the press...
Sobrato High baseball team ready to surprise in Mount Hamilton
The Sobrato High baseball program got its wish as it was promoted to the Blossom Valley League’s top division, the Mount Hamilton, for this season.
Now the Bulldogs will have to fight and play to their potential to stay up in the A league.
“We’ll be...
Former Santa Cruz County Clerk running for 28th Assembly District
Former Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin is running for the 28th Assembly District in the upcoming June 7 primary after receiving the nod from current representative Mark Stone, who is reportedly not seeking reelection.
Over the past few months, Pellerin has encouraged women to...
