National Night Out draws crowds to Civic Center Plaza
Thousands of Morgan Hill residents braved the early evening heat Aug. 6 to attend National Night Out, an annual public safety event that aims to promote positive connections between law enforcement agencies and the community.
Morgan Hill Police Department staff handed out free ice cream...
Car stop leads to large drug cache
A traffic stop on Highway 152 by the California Highway Patrol in Santa Clara County led to the seizure of 70 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and the arrest of a Los Banos man.
CHP officer Israel Murillo said an officer, aided by a K-9, found...
OSA secures $800k in federal funds for local preserve improvements
The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority this week celebrated an $800,000 federal allocation that will pay for accessibility improvements to a trail and other facilities at the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve in Morgan Hill.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) joined OSA officials and...
All aboard for wine
The Morgan Hill Wine Trolley—the brainchild of two longtime friends who share extensive business experience and a love of South County’s charming wine country—opens to the public on Aug. 3.
Founded by Christina Perez and Heather Gallegos, the Morgan Hill Wine Trolley offers passengers a...
Challengers consider running for MHUSD board of education seats
According to an unofficial candidate list supplied by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, three potential challengers have shown interest in running to unseat incumbents on the Morgan Hill Unified School District of Board of Trustees.
For MHUSD Trustee Area 5, Tyler Smith has...
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Negrete makes dean’s list
Q Negrete, of Morgan Hill, was named to the Washington University in St. Louis dean’s list for the spring semester. Negrete is enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.
To qualify for the Dean's List in the College of Arts &...
Local artists to be recognized for fellowships
SVCreates, a regional nonprofit devoted to promoting and improving access to the arts, will celebrate dozens of 2023 California Arts Council Artist Fellows at an Aug. 10 event in Gilroy.
The event will recognize 29 artist fellows from San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara...
Paving Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill’s 2024 citywide pavement rehabilitation project began this week and will continue through October, according to city staff.
The contractor for the pavement work at various public street locations throughout Morgan Hill is Teichert Construction. When the pavement work is completed, Teichert crews or...
List of possible Morgan Hill election candidates grows
With more than two weeks left to go for the official nomination period for candidates for local offices in the Nov. 5 general election, the list of potentially interested names on the ballot is growing.
As of July 23, local business owner and former planning...
