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The Morgan Hill City Council at an upcoming meeting will consider approving permits for a proposed new 269-home project on the northeast side of the city.  The project, known as Crosswinds, is proposed by Dividend Homes, which has developed numerous residential communities in Morgan Hill...

Morgan Hill Unified School District’s new superintendent, Dr. Carmen Garcia, officially started her new job on July 1. She released the following letter to MHUSD students, staff, parents and residents of the community on her first day: It is an honor and a privilege to introduce...

On the cloudy morning of Nov. 11, hundreds of Morgan Hill residents gathered at the downtown Veterans Memorial at First Street and Monterey Road to observe an annual ceremony honoring the military veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces from conflicts throughout history. The proceedings included...

For three decades, Leadership Morgan Hill’s annual nine-month course has been teaching people who think they know their community that they have much more to learn. Cricket Rubino discovered this firsthand in 1999. Already deeply ingrained in the community through her involvement with organizing the...

With the high school sports calendar being changed due to Covid-19, several coaching positions are open at Sobrato High. The school is hiring for the following Varsity positions: football, boys water polo, boys volleyball, boys golf, boys swimming and girls swimming. Sobrato is also...

Morgan Hill students honored Morgan Hill residents Thomas Dougherty, Colette Fulmer and Aarush Nalawadi have been named to the University of Wisconsin-Madison dean’s list for the fall semester. All three local honorees are students in the university’s College of Letters and Sciences.  Local teacher, artist opens...

A 36-year-old Riverside man died Wednesday after he was hit by a box truck while standing on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 101 near Morgan Hill, according to the California Highway Patrol. The man was securing something to his vehicle on the side of southbound...

“Happy Holidays” is the cheerful greeting we encounter this time of year. Many of the world’s religions celebrate a variety of holidays during what may feel like the darkest time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. Many use fire and lights to brighten up...

As the SCU Lightning Complex Fire raged and the evacuation warnings approached her Morgan Hill home, Deborah Vick and her family didn’t gather the usual items such as credit cards and other important documents.