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The California Coastal Commission announced that the 37th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day will return to in-person gatherings at sites around the state on Sept. 18. On that day, Californians are encouraged to take to streets, parks, creeks, streams, rivers and the coast from 9am...

Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian asked his colleagues to sincerely reflect and answer this question: “Does our board believe it can have confidence in the administration of the sheriff's department by current incumbent Sheriff Laurie Smith?” The answer, through an unanimous vote by the...

Despite graduating nine seniors off last year’s team, the Sobrato High girls volleyball squad isn’t ramping down expectations. The Bulldogs fully expect to be in contention to defend the Blossom Valley League Santa Teresa Division championship they won in the Covid spring season.  That’s because...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Aug. 31 approved a new 73-unit affordable housing project in Morgan Hill that will include homes for agricultural workers. The project, known as Royal Oak Village, will bring more living options to some of South County’s most underserved,...

From the moment Xavier Catano put on a Live Oak High uniform, he’s been a difference-maker. In the season-opener against visiting Gilroy High on Aug. 27, the junior standout had a career-best performance in the Acorns’ 41-26 win.  Catano scored three touchdowns—including a 70-yard TD...

An electronic signal-jamming device was located at a residence in Morgan Hill and disabled, following  notification from Santa Clara County's emergency communications department that the device was “disrupting, impeding and interfering with the transmission of communications over the Santa Clara County public safety radio...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution declaring no confidence in County Sheriff Laurie Smith at its next meeting Tuesday. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo called for Smith's resignation Aug. 16 over allegations of poor jail management, lack of transparency and...

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing air quality advisories for Friday and Saturday because of wildfire smoke but says the pollution levels are not expected to exceed federal health standards and prompt a Spare the Air alert. Smoke from wildfires across California...

Scorching real estate market beginning to slow The red-hot real estate market is beginning to show signs of cooling, but officials say it is too early to say if this will be the new trend. According to recently released data by MLSListings, single-family home inventory in...

An elderly man died of an unknown cause in front of a Morgan Hill business Aug. 24, according to police. Shortly after 12pm, Morgan Hill Police responded to a call reporting a person down just outside a restaurant located in a shopping center at 17020...