Local News

The Bay Area Panthers celebrated their 2023 Indoor Football League National Championship with a parade and ceremony Aug. 11 in downtown Morgan Hill.  Panthers players, coaches and staff eagerly high-fived, signed autographs and posed for photos with fans of all ages as the parade moved...

Public school students in Morgan Hill can take free college classes this year following an agreement between the school district and Gavilan College.  The classes will be held on Morgan Hill high school campuses through the recently approved College and Career Access Pathways dual enrollment...

The California Highway Patrol reported a man died after being hit by a vehicle Thursday night on Highway 101 in Santa Clara County. It was the second collision in two days on the stretch of the highway through South County.  At about 10:51pm Aug. 10,...

Patwardhan earns academic honors Tanmay Patwardhan, of Morgan Hill, was named to the 2023 spring semester Dean’s List for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Patwardhan is a sophomore in the university’s College of Science and Engineering.  To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must...

A new interactive popup exhibit titled “Take PRIDE in Our Health Stories” seeks to share more about what community-engaged health research is and why LGBTQIA+ representation is important.  The exhibit, created by Stanford University’s PRIDEnet, will appear in Morgan Hill from noon-4pm Aug. 19 at...

Since 1969, the Morgan Hill Historical Society’s Founders Dinner has recognized and honored the local residents—living and departed—who have helped create and preserve the local community from generation to generation.  Serving as one of the nonprofit society’s key fundraisers each year, the Founders Dinner’s chief...

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...

City officials and affordable housing advocates will celebrate the reopening of two residential projects in Morgan Hill that will provide 39 new homes for low-income families.  Eden Housing recently completed remodeling efforts on the two projects—The Willows at 50 West Edmundson Ave. and Depot Commons...

The Bay Area Panthers capped off their thrilling 2023 season with a victory in the Indoor Football League’s National Championship game Aug. 5 in Henderson, Nev., where they beat the Sioux Falls Storm 51-41.  The win marks the Morgan Hill-based Panthers’ first championship in the...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced Aug. 3 that he is sponsoring an “unprecedented” statewide ballot initiative that seeks to “transcend the bitter politics of gun control and save the lives of crime victims, the suicidal and children.” If approved by voters, the...