Primary ballots sent to military, voters
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters’ Office mailed the first ballots out to military and overseas voters on Jan. 17, for the March 3 Presidential Primary Election.
Both federal and state laws require ballots for voters who are on active duty in the military...
County moves to expand parking for homeless
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors gave unanimous support to a proposal to expand efforts to make “safe parking” programs more feasible and effective for people without housing.
In the past five years, the number of Santa Clara County residents living in cars and...
MH man a victim in San Jose homicide
The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Officer identified the victim as Michael Munns III, 21, of Morgan Hill.
Council supports tribe, opposes mine proposal
Following a demonstration outside City Hall led by area Amah Mutsun tribal members and their supporters, the Morgan Hill City Council on Jan. 15 unanimously approved a resolution urging county officials to deny a permit for a mine proposed on one of the tribe’s most significant cultural and spiritual sites.
Nurses, county OK new contract
Nurses at Santa Clara County hospitals, including St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, voted to approve a new contract, and the county Board of Supervisors approved the deal Jan. 15 for 17 percent in wage increases over four years.
The Registered Nurses Professional Association, which...
New radar system announced
Valley Water joined local, regional, state, and federal agencies this week to unveil a new high-resolution radar to better forecast “extreme weather events.”
The first permanent “X-Band Radar” in the San Francisco Bay Area’s rainfall information system, the radar located on top of the Penitencia...
Hale Ave. construction to start this summer
Fifty years after the extension of Hale Avenue was first conceptualized as a seamless bypass around the west side of Morgan Hill, city planners say they are now ready to put the project out to bid by March and begin construction as soon as this summer.
New fees to affect private water wells
When Valley Water announces new wholesale water rates this spring, the new rate structure will include new fees for non-water-district wells. This could boost water rates in July for municipal system customers in Morgan Hill and Gilroy, and for hundreds of mostly residences with...
Former Santa Clara trustee arrested for Morgan Hill incident
A former Santa Clara Unified School District trustee was arrested Jan. 6 for allegedly threatening to kill a woman before hitting her with his vehicle in Morgan Hill—an incident that happened nearly a year prior to last week’s arrest.
