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Trustees Bob Benevento and Rick Badillo sat on the local dais for the last time Nov. 15 as the two board members served out the end of their four-year terms on Morgan Hill Unified School District’s governing body. The terms officially end Nov. 30.

The leaders of Navigator Schools, a charter management organization attempting to launch a third school in Morgan Hill, on Tuesday officially submitted their petition to open a new school to the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education, which could approve a new charter school that would launch in 2014.

More Morgan Hill Unified School District employees—including Live Oak High School Principal Tanya Calabretta—have submitted their resignations from the local district since the last regular board of education meeting.  Administrative employees who resigned from MHUSD in August are Human Resources Supervisor Kristin Stonehouse and Human...

Veteran principal Lloyd Webb is leaving Live Oak High School at the end of the school year after accepting a superintendent position with Durham Unified School District.

It’s been two years since Santa Clara County went into lockdown in response to a then-mostly unknown threat that was destroying lives across the world. The first shelter-in-place order in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which went into effect on March 17, 2020, shut down...

Santa Clara County District 1 Supervisor Sylvia Arenas is facing a challenge from Morgan Hill Unified School District Trustee Rebecca Munson in the upcoming June 2 primary, with the incumbent defending her seat from a South County native who says current leadership is out...

Gavilan College is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Science Alive, a long-running program that introduces middle school students to hands-on science through interactive labs and experiments.  Founded in 2001, Science Alive has served more than 5,000 students from South Santa Clara and San Benito counties,...

Volunteers and Edward Boss Prado Foundation board members gave about 160 turkeys and traditional Thanksgiving Day fixings to local families in a Nov. 21 drive-thru event.

After more than 20 Sobrato cheerleaders and their parents

With November designated as Veterans and Military Families Month in Santa Clara County, local officials are highlighting new ways for veterans to get help to apply for federal, state and local benefits. “Our veterans have made countless sacrifices for our country. We must make sure...