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Santa Clara County has earmarked more than $8 million in local funds for immigration related services in the recently adopted 2025-26 budget.  The funding builds on the county’s previous investments in services for the immigrant community that include an emergency $5 million allocation in 2024...

City of Morgan Hill officials warned the city council in a meeting June 4 that the local government faces a structural budget deficit, requiring $4 million in additional annual revenue to maintain current service levels and avoid potential layoffs in the coming years. Finance Director...

With the Independence Day holiday approaching, the Morgan Hill Police Department has begun to remind residents that fireworks are illegal in the city limits, and warn that officers will be out enforcing local restrictions.   Even the “safe and sane” variety of fireworks that are seasonally...

As vineyard manager at the 7,000-acre Paicines Ranch in San Benito County, Kelly Mulville has a rather significant task: he’s trying to practice organic, regenerative farming on 25 acres of vines while surrounded by hundreds of acres of vineyards being conventionally farmed.  “Our underlying philosophy...

Beginning June 14, downtown Morgan Hill’s Third Street transforms into a bustling marketplace where local artisans, small business owners and aspiring young entrepreneurs gather to showcase their wares every second Saturday of the month. “Sidewalk Saturdays is really about supporting our local and small businesses,”...

The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill recently celebrated four outstanding people in the community who are pursuing careers in the trades, awarding them this year’s Darren Dean Vocational Education Grants. These $2,000 grants can be used for education, training, tools and supplies—all designed to help...

When Esthefani Montelon enrolled in Gavilan College’s Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) program in fall 2019, she had no idea she was embarking on a journey that would lead to aerospace engineering internships at NASA and Pratt & Whitney. “I wanted to do something with my...

Due to the increasing fire danger, Cal Fire is suspending all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Area of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and the western portions of Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties, says a press release from the...

Crews are pictured June 13 moving dirt on the west side of the interchange of Highway 101 and State Route 25 in south Gilroy. Construction began earlier this month on the long planned new interchange project, which is designed to ease congestion, improve safety...

City officials and community leaders gathered to raise the Progress Pride flag at Morgan Hill’s Civic Center Plaza June 13, with speakers emphasizing hope and resilience amid what they described as a challenging political climate for LGBTQ+ rights. The ceremony, emceed by Morgan Hill Human...