Morgan Hill third-grader grows California’s largest cabbage
Maci Johnson, a third-grader at El Toro Health Science Academy in Morgan Hill, is the California winner of this year’s National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program.
Each year, Bonnie Plants, the largest producer of vegetable and herb plans in North America, ships free O.S....
City of Morgan Hill weighs asking voters for more revenue on November ballot
The City of Morgan Hill faces a structural budget deficit that will require either new revenue, significant service cuts, or both, City Manager Christina Turner told residents at a recent public meeting.
The “Budget Roundtable” meeting held on March 25 was intended to be a...
VTA makes commuter changes
Valley Transit Authority was set to implement scheduled changes across its entire light rail and bus system on Dec. 28, posing new headaches for many South Bay commuters and new solutions for others.
As a way to make the changes more palatable and introduce new...
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...
Crafts fair and picnic merge at Machado School
A first ever picnic and holiday craft sale unfolded Saturday at the 1895 Machado School on Sycamore Drive in Morgan Hill. Scattered about the grounds, both indoors and out, local merchants staged their wares, from homemade candles, lotions, aprons, and handmade signs, to pine...
Local coach ascends to San Jose Hall of Fame
When Morgan Hill resident Ed Buller received the call informing him of his induction into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, he hung up in disbelief and immediately checked the organization’s website.
“I saw the other people that were already in the Hall of...
Benevento not seeking re-election to MHUSD board
Citing three specific factors, current School Board President Bob Benevento decided not to file his candidacy paperwork and will not seek re-election as a Morgan Hill Unified School District trustee in the November election.
County certifies local election results
County election officials certified the results from the Nov. 6 election one month to the day, according to a Dec. 6 announcement from the Registrar of Voters.
The final local turnout for the general election totaled 625,425 ballots cast, representing 70.61 percent of registered Santa...
Trustees rate supe’s performance ‘unsatisfactory’
A majority of the seven-member Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Trustees gave Superintendent Steve Betando an “unsatisfactory” performance rating at their June 16 meeting.
New Gavilan College women’s basketball coach Indira Kaljo knows what it takes to change things for the better
New Gavilan College women’s basketball coach Indira Kaljo knows exactly the situation she’s getting into.
The Rams haven’t fielded a team in three years, and recruiting to Gavilan is notoriously difficult for a variety of reasons.
A challenge for Kaljo? Yes. Daunting? Absolutely not. Not for...
