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Sobrato and Live Oak high schools both were recognized this year as one of the top public school sites in the country.

With the Covid-19 vaccine making its way through the local population and case rates and hospitalizations declining, Santa Clara County officials expect the state to loosen its public gathering guidelines by next week. And on Feb. 25, Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody announced a...

The County of Santa Clara announced last week that it will be augmenting its substance use treatment services with additional inpatient, residential and outpatient offerings through the Behavioral Health Services Department and Santa Clara Valley Healthcare to serve thousands of the county’s most vulnerable...

The Wildflower Run, the annual 5k and 10k that has become one of Morgan Hill’s signature community events, is set to draw its largest field of participants to date when it takes off from Live Oak High School April 12. Organizers have raised the participant...

Nacho Moya, recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Award and the Poppy Jasper award, comes full circle as a Gavilan College alum this fall for an evening art exhibit at the Gilroy Campus, starting at 6pm Oct. 13.  Gavilan College’s “El Centro,” the...

Ferguson makes Dean’s List Rachel Ferguson, of Morgan Hill, was named to the dean’s list for the summer term at the University of Maryland Global Campus. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must have completed at least six credits during the term,...

Morgan Hill City Council members want to resume remote public comment via Zoom at their meetings, but they hope they can do it in a way that discourages people who might seek to use the forum to spew hateful or offensive views.  On Oct. 4,...

Morgan Hill residents Manraj Pabla and Mayra Jakaitis were recently elected to membership into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Both are students at San Jose State University. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest “and most selective” honor society for all academic disciplines,...

Lightning-sparked fires spawned by last weekend’s freak storms have since consumed 500,000 acres in and around the Bay Area and show no sign of letting up.

Morgan Hill began its month-long celebration of June as Pride Month at the June 1 Pridefest, which was held at the City Hall campus to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community.  The June 1 event featured speakers, entertainment, advocacy and education. The celebration kicked off with a...