Live Oak, Sobrato football teams stay in contention to win league titles
The Live Oak and Sobrato football teams both won their most recent games in blowout fashion. The Acorns rolled to a 38-7 win over Silver Creek on Oct. 7, while the Bulldogs overwhelmed Willow Glen 36-6 two days later.
After losing its first two games...
City honors Steve Tate with library renaming
Few people have celebrated the Morgan Hill Library as a hub of community activity and information resources as much as former mayor Steve Tate.
Not only is Tate a longtime patron of the local library, dating back to when it was housed where City Hall...
Sobrato girls volleyball team sweeps Live Oak
The three-peat looks like a formality for the Sobrato High girls volleyball team. The Bulldogs
took another step closer to that reality after sweeping crosstown rival Live Oak High on Oct. 7 in a Blossom Valley League Santa Teresa South Division contest. Game scores were...
Bay Area health officers announce new indoor mask criteria
Health officials across nine Bay Area jurisdictions announced their criteria Thursday to eventually lift the region's requirement to wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status.
The health officers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties and...
Pandemic stalls Evergreen Village development
Permits are active and work is proceeding on the Evergreen Village commercial center in north Morgan Hill, even though the Covid-19 pandemic has stalled portions of the project since construction started two years ago.
Plans for the 20-acre development at the corner of Butterfield Boulevard...
Local Scene: Living Above The Influence, Rotary Club grants
Living Above The Influence 15th anniversary
The 15th annual Morgan Hill Living Above The Influence community event will take place 12pm-4:30pm Oct. 9 at the Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center, located at 17000 Monterey Road.
The free youth and family outreach event will feature a...
Halloween festivities approach
While some of the customary Halloween activities might be limited again this year due to ongoing concerns about the spread of Covid-19, the spirit is in the air in Morgan Hill.
The Spirit Halloween store at Cochrane Plaza has been steadily busy since it opened...
Morgan Hill rabbit rescue founder charged with mistreating animals
A Morgan Hill woman who ran a nonprofit rabbit rescue for several years is charged animal cruelty and other crimes in relation to the death of one of the bunnies in her care, and the mistreatment of others, according to authorities.
Brenda Andringa, founder of...
CHP: Bay Area highway deaths down in 2020
Traffic deaths on Bay Area highways fell modestly in 2020 from the previous year, reflecting the decline in traffic during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Freeway deaths in the nine-county Bay Area dropped 9% from 2019, according to data provided by the California Highway Patrol.
Deaths were down...
Sobrato High football team wins 3rd straight
Things were looking bleak for the Sobrato High football team. Having led all game, the Bulldogs suddenly found themselves trailing for the first time when Prospect High scored at the end of the third quarter.
Spirits were down and bewildered, melancholic faces littered the sideline....
