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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...

Morgan Hill Unified School District is getting ready to welcome back students for in-person learning at all 14 schools for the fall semester starting Aug. 12. All of the district’s TK-12 students will be able to return to the classroom full-time, for the first time...

Health officials in seven Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley issued a new indoor mask mandate Monday as the region faces a wave of new Covid-19 cases due to the more infectious delta variant and the remaining swath of unvaccinated residents. The mandate...

A community based club baseball all star team. In the travel ball era, that sounds like a misnomer because travel teams draw players from a wide area. But the 9U Toros of Morgan Hill are unique because their roster is filled entirely of local...

A 60-year-old woman died in a traffic collision on Highway 152 east of Gilroy July 31, according to authorities. About 11:15am, the California Highway Patrol received a call reporting a collision on State Route 152 just west of the intersection of Lover’s Lane in Santa...

Low-income Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal have been vaccinated at far lower rates than the overall population in all 58 counties, according to state data. The disparity reveals a strong economic divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated throughout California. About 45% of Medi-Cal enrollees eligible for the...

Santa Clara County Animal Services was among 27 organizations statewide that received a grant from the California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative (CAWFC). The collaborative recently awarded nearly $300,000 in grants to organizations throughout the state to make the largest possible impact for homeless pets...

Enjoy free outdoor movies at the Morgan Hill Downtown Amphitheater every Wednesday through Sept. 1. The next movie is Beetlejuice on Aug. 4. The show starts at sundown. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs and support local businesses by ordering food or...

The California Department of Public Health formally recommended Wednesday that state residents resume wearing a face covering indoors, regardless of their vaccination status. The recommendation comes one day after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued similar guidance for people who live in...

Jubenal Rodriguez knows the importance of having a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) on campus. The latter are mainstays at most or all of the private schools with strong athletic programs like those in the West Catholic League.  To be without one is a...