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Low-income Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal have been vaccinated at far lower rates than the overall population in all 58 counties, according to state data. The disparity reveals a strong economic divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated throughout California. About 45% of Medi-Cal enrollees eligible for the...

City staff’s recommended budget proposes about $2.3 million in service cuts for the fiscal year 2020-21, and about $2.4 million for 2021-22.

The San Martin Airport presented The Food Truck Fly-In, an event filled with food, aircraft displays, aviation-centered entertainment and live music on Sept. 11. The event included a 9/11 tribute skydive by Skydive Silicon Valley in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist...

Sutter Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system that serves millions of patients in California, will soon open new medical offices in Morgan Hill that offer internal and family medicine, among other services.  On June 11, Sutter Health staff and City of Morgan Hill officials held a...

The California Department of Public Health formally recommended Wednesday that state residents resume wearing a face covering indoors, regardless of their vaccination status. The recommendation comes one day after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued similar guidance for people who live in...

This year’s annual California Coastal Cleanup will take place all month in September, and begins at our own front door and in our own communities.

Bike Therapy, downtown Morgan Hill’s full-service bike shop and a favorite local meeting spot for cyclists of all ages, has won the 2021 Bicycle Retailer Excellence Award by the National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA). The shop, located at 17540 Depot St., is one of...

Brianne Day makes a wide array of wines from the Willamette and Applegate Valleys in southern Oregon. Along with the usual pinot noirs and chardonnays, she also uses unexpected varieties and makes creative blends that are always a treat to try. When the pandemic struck...

The Morgan Hill Community Garden has comfortably grown into its new location just next to the Butterfield Boulevard overpass in recent months.

With election day approaching, voters have several state propositions from which to choose. Below is a brief description of each of them. For a deeper dive, visit voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions. Proposition 2 Public School and Community College Facilities Under Prop. 2, the state would sell a $10 billion bond...