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Business micro-grant program The Morgan Hill Community Foundation and local chamber of commerce are teaming up to offer a “Business Relief Micro Grant” program for local small businesses. To be eligible, applicants must be operators of a permanent physical commercial storefront within the city limits...

Longtime Morgan Hill resident Eddie Bowers still thinks about the carnage he experienced, and the young men he served next to who never made it home during his two years of combat service in Vietnam in the late 1960s.  Bowers, a U.S. Army veteran, thinks...

Kawahara Nurseries, which is based in Morgan Hill, is looking to open a year-round wholesale agricultural facility on Anzar Road in San Benito County. The planning commission on June 16 approved Kawahara Nurseries’ application for an agricultural facility use permit on a 104-acre property that...

Valley Water has drained Anderson Reservoir in east Morgan Hill until it is almost empty, and will begin seeking bids in January for a contractor to build a massive new discharge tunnel over the next three years.

An east Morgan Hill property owner has submitted conceptual plans to rezone a vacant 8.4-acre site to allow the construction of up to 13 new homes. The Morgan Hill Planning Commission on April 12 conducted a “preliminary review” of a possible General Plan amendment that...

Residents of a northeast Morgan Hill neighborhood were asked to shelter in place for several hours Thursday morning as police searched for armed suspects who had earlier tried to burglarize a vehicle in the downtown area, authorities said.  One of the suspects was arrested after...

A grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board will help fund the creation of a wildlife crossing over Pacheco Pass on Highway 152.  The $3.125 million grant to the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency will pay for the planning, design, environmental review and permitting of...

Between the grandstands of bleachers filled with cheering friends and family, more than 250 Live Oak High School students were awarded a long-awaited honor June 6: graduation. Preceded by the traditional tones of “Pomp and Circumstance” played by the Live Oak Emerald Regime and a...

At least one died in a vehicle collision near Gilroy on Monday midnight, barely an hour after New Year arrived, according to California Highway Patrol.  The CHP said two vehicles, a Nissan SUV and a Chevy pickup truck, were involved in the fatal crash which...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested after he allegedly shot a man near an intersection north of Morgan Hill Feb. 28, according to authorities. San Jose Police reported on social media Tuesday morning that Velasquez had been booked at the Santa Clara County...