Residents—including former mayor—threaten to sue city over redistricting
Four Morgan Hill residents—including former longtime Mayor Steve Tate—are threatening to sue the city over the council’s recent approval of a redistricting map that they say is illegal under state law.
Attorney Christopher Skinnell, of the San Rafael-based Nielsen Merksamer law firm, sent a demand...
Local Scene: City Hall opens soon, Redistricting meetings coming up
City Hall opens Oct. 4
The Morgan Hill Civic Center, including City Hall at 17575 Peak Ave., is scheduled to fully re-open to the public on Monday, Oct. 4. City Hall hours will be 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday.
All individuals—employees and visitors—must wear a...
Seven state propositions are on the November 2022 ballot
In 2008, as the economic recession was ravaging communities nationwide, school districts were forced to take a close look at their budgets, and in many cases make massive cuts to preserve the meat of their programs.
The first casualties of this across-the-board slashing were often...
Martinez Beltran earns State Senate honors
Morgan Hill City Council member Yvonne Martinez Beltran was named Woman of the Year for the California Senate’s 15th District, according to State Sen. Dave Cortese’s office.
Martinez Beltran was recognized for the honor on the floor of the state Senate March 10, during the...
MHUSD Board to decide new name of old Burnett site
As the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Education reconvenes Tuesday for its only July school board meeting, trustees will consider its options for re-naming the old Burnett Elementary School site, which will be, among other things, the new home to Central Continuation High School for the 2013-14 school year.
Real estate sales stall
Early indications suggest that the county’s shelter-in-place order has had minimal impact on Morgan Hill’s real estate industry despite forcing agents to conduct business differently.
Throughout the Bay Area and nationwide, however, the typical beginning of the spring home-shopping season is off to a rough...
Religion: Life after Easter: faith in the ordinary
For followers of Jesus, Easter arrives each year with beauty and intention—sunrise services, full rooms, hopeful songs and the deep reminder that life can emerge even from death. These moments matter. They lift us, ground us and reconnect us to what is most true.
They...
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...
Five South County students named Nat’l Merit Scholar semifinalists
Five South County high school students were selected as semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit® Scholarship Program, according to a recent announcement from its NMS Corporation.
