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Robert Boyd, in full Scottish gear complete with a kilt, made his way through the grounds of Westmont of Morgan Hill playing the bagpipes, as the senior residents waved and clapped from their windows.

Temperatures in the Santa Clara Valley are expected to reach the high 90s and low 100s this weekend, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a heat advisory warning.  The warning starts on Friday at noon and lasts until Sunday night.  The weather service said hottest...

Santa Clara County supervisors voted unanimously today to ask voters to approve new sales taxes that will place half the county in the double digit bracket. The higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall they say is the result of...

Operation Freedom Paws, a San Martin-based nonprofit serving veterans, will host its 10th annual golf tournament fundraiser Aug. 9 at Coyote Creek Golf Club in Morgan Hill. Format is a four-person shotgun scramble, and participation includes an award luncheon and silent auction.  Cost is $150...

Morgan Hill resident Ava Geddes was convicted last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court on charges that she allowed numerous cats to die or become sick while the animals were in her care. Geddes pleaded no contest to one count of felony animal cruelty...

Abby Paulson and Sofia Barreras simply enjoy being out on a good run. When they finish 1-2 in a cross country race—as was the case in a Blossom Valley League meet on Oct. 13—it makes their experience all the more rewarding.  “What I like about...

California faces a $22.5 billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Jan. 10 as he proposed billions in cuts and deferred spending amid a significant drop in capital gains tax revenue. After the state’s revenue boomed a year ago due largely to a capital gains...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sentenced Mariposa Castro, of Gilroy, to 45 days in jail Feb. 23 for her participation in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Castro, also known as Imelda Castro, was also ordered to pay a $5,000...

Five men were arrested in relation to a fight that resulted in serious injuries in downtown Gilroy, police said.  The fight occurred about midnight March 31, when Gilroy Police responded to a report of violence in the area of Monterey and Sixth streets. When officers...

The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill recently celebrated four outstanding people in the community who are pursuing careers in the trades, awarding them this year’s Darren Dean Vocational Education Grants. These $2,000 grants can be used for education, training, tools and supplies—all designed to help...