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Morgan Hill Unified School District officials earlier this month celebrated the completion and opening of a new band performance facility at Jackson Academy of Math & Music. The new multi-purpose room and renovation project at JAMM, which is located on Fountain Oaks Drive in east...

A donation from Shoe Palace to a Morgan Hill nonprofit will allow hundreds of local families in need to have new shoes and clothing for the holidays. Employees from Shoe Palace on Nov. 10 delivered a cargo van full of the store’s merchandise from the...

Local veterans were joined by their families, friends and neighbors at the annual downtown Morgan Hill Veterans Day ceremony Thursday morning. The Nov. 11 tribute to the nation’s military veterans included a flag raising, singing of patriotic songs by local students, laying of a wreath,...

If Daniela Andrade keeps ascending this off-season, it’s not far-fetched to think she could be in contention for a top-five finish in the Central Coast Section Golf Championships next year.  The Sobrato High junior recently capped the best season of her career by shooting a...

The Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission last week voted to help the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band protect its sacred ancestral lands—known as Juristac—from being developed into a sand and gravel quarry. The 15-seat commission at the Nov. 4 meeting unanimously voted to send the...

Before the start of each season, Live Oak High football coach Mike Gemo always has several goals in mind. One of them—assuming the team is good enough in that particular year—is to earn a top four seed to get a home playoff game.  The No....

As soon as U.S. public health authorities approved a common Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 on Nov. 2, local school officials and healthcare providers began scheduling clinics in Santa Clara County. At two of those clinics in South County this past weekend, volunteers and...

With November designated as Veterans and Military Families Month in Santa Clara County, local officials are highlighting new ways for veterans to get help to apply for federal, state and local benefits. “Our veterans have made countless sacrifices for our country. We must make sure...

After responding to repeated calls over the last several months regarding loud explosions throughout Morgan Hill, police recently arrested a local man who had illegal fireworks and explosive devices at his home, according to authorities. The suspect, Joseph Robert Adona, 25, was also in possession...

A 25-year-old woman died in a traffic collision in San Martin early Sunday morning, and an allegedly drunk driver was arrested for causing the accident, authorities said. About 2:51am Nov. 7, a 23-year-old Prunedale man, Joseph Fegghi, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet southbound on U.S....