Local Scene: Downtown Trick-or-Treat Oct. 28
Downtown trick-or-treat is Oct. 28
Trick-or-treating in downtown Morgan Hill this year will take place the Saturday before Halloween, rather than on the holiday itself.
This year’s Halloween festivities are part of the city’s 4th Saturday Downtown Street Series, and are scheduled for Oct. 28. Events...
Decor contest haunts Morgan Hill
Homeowners throughout Morgan Hill are vying to outspook their neighbors and express their holiday spirit in the city’s first Halloween home decorating contest.
About 40 homes have entered the Morgan Hill Parks and Recreation Department’s “Morgan Hill Haunt” contest, in which residents decorate their homes...
Planning commission OKs 49-unit housing development
The Morgan Hill Planning Commission Oct. 24 approved a new 49-unit condominium project just north of the city’s downtown.
The project, known as The Gates, is proposed by City Ventures. It is located on a 3.82-acre property on Monterey Road, on the southwest side of...
Police: Burglars break into Cigarland, steal more than $30K in cigarettes
Police are investigating the break-in and burglary of a cigar store in Morgan Hill in which the suspects used a vehicle to force open a security gate, and made off with thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes, authorities said.
About 4:13am Oct. 19, two stolen...
Terror returns to Lassen Way on Halloween night
Get spooked for a good cause on Halloween night at “Terror on Lassen Way,” a haunted graveyard created at the Morgan Hill home of Bob Johnston and Scott Janssen.
As in previous years, the local homeowners are converting their home and surrounding property into “a...
City prohibits remote comments at council, commission meetings
Due to recent “hateful and hostile” comments delivered at city council meetings in Morgan Hill and throughout the nation, the city on Oct. 20 announced that public comment will no longer be allowed via Zoom at future meetings.
The new rule applies to meetings of...
Audit shows county jail still has hundreds of recommendations to address
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has implemented about a quarter of the more than 600 reforms identified in a 2016 plan to improve its jail system, according to a report received Oct. 17 by the county Board of Supervisors from an independent oversight...
MHUSD ordered to give girls same access to athletics resources as boys
The Morgan Hill Unified School District, accused of failing to provide equal resources for male and female athletics programs, has agreed to make substantial upgrades and renovations to baseball and softball fields at Live Oak High School, according to a settlement agreement announced Oct....
Crowd celebrates new open space preserve in Morgan Hill
The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority teamed up with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area to raise awareness of the importance of irreplaceable landscapes at a community celebration in Morgan Hill this past weekend.
The event took place Oct. 14...
Advent Lutheran celebrates 50th anniversary
“I needed a place to be with God again. I watched the services on YouTube for a few weeks and decided I was ready. I loved how the service was so clear to me and helped me understand how the community works together. It...
