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Leadership Morgan Hill, a nonprofit organization that has trained hundreds of local community leaders and spearheaded numerous civic improvement projects, marks its 30th anniversary this year, celebrating three decades of fostering community engagement and developing future leaders in South Santa Clara County. Established in 1995...

As the 2022-23 school year approaches, new bell schedules at Morgan Hill Unified School District sites are designed to improve student learning and meet the various needs of local children and their families, according to MHUSD officials. The changes are the result of ongoing “journey...

Morgan Hill has overtaken the city of San Jose as the county’s second most infected city, according to county data released Monday. For much of the pandemic, San Jose’s rate per 100,000 residents has been exceeded only by Gilroy, the city with the county’s...

State public health officials stunned Santa Clara County on the Fourth of July weekend, rejecting its proposal to implement a customized COVID-19 order that would have reopened more businesses in mid-July.

Clerk’s office expands hours As of Dec. 19, the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara’s Clerk’s Offices within the Morgan Hill Courthouse, Palo Alto Courthouse, Family Justice Center Courthouse, Downtown Superior Courthouse, and the Hall of Justice will increase hours of operation for...

Hicken earns academic honors Thomas Hicken, of Morgan Hill, was named to the Utah Tech University’s president’s list for the spring semester. To qualify for the president’s list, students had to attain a GPA of 3.9 or higher for the semester, says a press release...

CVS Pharmacy will pay the state of California more than $18 million in a settlement of a lawsuit that accused the national chain of submitting fraudulent claims to the Medi-Cal public health insurance system, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week.  The state and the...

Just over 51 percent of Santa Clara County’s registered voters cast ballots in the March 3 election, according to the certified results from the registrar of voters office.

Local tax measures that would fund water and flood protection-related projects, open space preservation and Caltrain are winning handily with early election results tallied so far by election officials.

Lightning caused four small wildfires in Santa Clara, Monterey and San Benito counties as thunderstorms rumbled across the area Sept. 9, the National Weather Service said. A fire in Santa Clara County charred about one acre west of Coyote Creek, the weather service said. A...