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South Valley Civic Theater has unveiled an ambitious lineup for its upcoming 2025-26 season, featuring productions ranging from Tony Award-winning musicals to adaptations of popular Disney movies. The season announcement came during the theater's annual membership event, where SVCT President Peter Mandel emphasized the organization's...

We are experiencing a lot of fear these days.  Sometimes fear is legitimate and real. Other times, our fears are overblown and irrational. We call these kinds of fears phobias. The fear of immigrants coming into our country is a phobia, that is, an irrational fear. Some running for...

Leedy named to dean’s list Mackenna Leedy, of Morgan Hill, earned dean's list recognition at George Fox University for the spring 2024 semester. Traditional undergraduate students must earn a 3.5 grade point average or above on 12 or more hours of graded work to earn...

A Virginia-based energy company is seeking state approval to build a large-scale battery energy storage facility on Monterey Road directly across from the Charter School of Morgan Hill, a proposal that has drawn fierce opposition from parents, school officials and community members who say...

The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) and the County of Santa Clara, in partnership with SVCreates and Poetry Center San José, announced a call for 2024-2025 Santa Clara County Poet Laureate applications.  The Poet Laureate is an honorary post that acts as an advocate...

The Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation will contribute salad bars to all 14 MHUSD schools, thanks to the Lam Research "Heart & Soles 5K" run/walk that helps fund the foundation’s "Salad Bars for Schools" initiative.

With live, indoor entertainment one of the first activities to be prohibited during the Covid-19 era, and likely one of the last that will be allowed to resume, things have been difficult for theater groups across the country. South Valley Civic Theatre is faced with...

For the entire first half, Live Oak boys basketball coach Randy Bartholomew had a look of frustration as he watched his players make errant passes and take ill-advised shots. Part of the problem was Sobrato’s height and length, which makes daylight a little harder...

Less than two weeks ago, amidst lots of food, party poppers and Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve, my family and I celebrated the new year. I’m not sure where my neighbors obtained their military grade explosives, but it was an impressive show!  Once my...