Nonprofits

Dozens of Rebekah Children’s Services workers represented by SEIU Local 521 held an informational picket July 15 outside the agency’s Gilroy campus, calling on management to halt layoffs of union positions and return to the bargaining table after months of stalled contract talks. The picket,...

South Santa Clara County students in 4-H and FFA will have a new opportunity to show off their livestock this summer as the inaugural South Valley Ag Fair kicks off July 27-28, with an auction to follow Aug. 1. The first event, a two-day “jackpot”...

Community Solutions—which provides critical human services for individuals and families who have experienced trauma and are living at risk of financial emotional or physical instability or harm in South Valley—was named a 2026 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin.  “Community Solutions has...

Thousands of residents and visitors lined Monterey Road July 4 to watch the 151st Morgan Hill Freedom Fest parade, as the city joined communities across the nation in celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence. The parade featured 124 entries and 2,600 participants, making it...

Dozens of residents got behind the wheel of electric vehicles for the first time June 27 at a free ride-and-drive event in Gilroy, the first of its kind held in the city. Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Breathe California partnered to sponsor the event at...

Nine local students who wrote about dreamers, believers and doers will lead this year’s Morgan Hill Freedom Fest parade as Grand Marshals, escorted on a hayride through downtown in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. The designation marks a departure from the event’s traditional approach to...

Victims of the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting and their families have less than one month remaining to apply for financial reimbursement from the California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB).  The deadline to apply for compensation is July 28—seven years after the tragedy in Gilroy that...

Teen leaders at Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley have transformed an idea into a lasting community resource with the launch of Kailey's Corner, a new family resource hub at the Morgan Hill Clubhouse designed to provide essential items such as food, school...

When Sheila Murphy set out to rescue three sick goats in 2019, she figured she would nurse them back to health and hand them off to a local farm animal rescue. There was just one problem: no such rescue existed in the area. Seven years...

ReachOut Food Pantry marked the completion of a sweeping renovation project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 7, drawing city officials and dozens of community members to the Morgan Hill nonprofit’s facility on the grounds of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church. More than two years...