Local schools remain open despite ’unhealthy’ air quality
Based on a shared recommendation from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department and the County Office of Education, Morgan Hill Unified School District leaders have kept all its schools open Nov. 16 despite a continued "unhealthy" air quality designation.
"The Public Health Department remains...
Local Scene: Academic honors
Miller named to dean’s list
Lindsey Miller, of Morgan Hill, was named to the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences dean’s list for the fall semester. Students on the Dean's List earned 12 or more credit hours as letter grades with a minimum...
Time For Tea
Britton Middle School held its annual 19th Century Tea on Thursday, May 25, with eighth-grade teachers Tim Ahlin, Nancy Altman, Madeline Alexander, Joanne Doell, Ken Decher, John Bremis and Ron Woolf arranging the elaborate event focusing on history and manners.
Live Oak football settles for share of BVAL Mount Hamilton Division title; now hosts Soledad in CCS Division III playoffs
For one team, nirvana. For another team, sheer and utter disappointment.
Those were the raw emotions on display in the aftermath of the Christopher High football team’s 21-19 win over Live Oak High in their regular-season finale on Nov. 4. Although the two teams finished...
World theater performer returns to Morgan Hill
World traveler and lifelong theater performer Tracey Mitchem is back in Morgan Hill and looking for local talent to star in an upcoming show.
Mitchem, who has produced numerous shows in Germany and beyond, is putting together a cast for “Our Town,” to be performed...
City paid $38K to Fair Maps Act lawsuit plaintiffs’ attorney
The City of Morgan Hill paid just over $38,000 in attorney’s fees to the plaintiffs who won a lawsuit earlier this year that accused the city of violating state redistricting law, according to city staff.
City Attorney Don Larkin said the city has paid attorney...
Limelight opens season with ‘The Outsider’
Politics these days are an ever-enlarging pit of divisiveness, but Limelight’s season-opening political comedy focuses on something everyone can get behind: laughter.
“The Outsider,” performed by Limelight presented by South Valley Civic Theatre, runs select days from Aug. 26-Sept. 17 at the Gilroy Center for...
South County locals compete in Watsonville fair
As workers and volunteers put the finishing touches on the Santa Cruz County Fair, the animals raised by Future Farmers of America and other organizations—including some from Morgan Hill and southern Santa Clara County—have arrived in the livestock section.
Earlier this week, students from Morgan...













