Roadwork season underway in Morgan Hill
Road construction contractors and traffic control engineers will be busy the remainder of the summer completing various street projects throughout Morgan Hill.
These include nine streets that comprise the city’s 2021 “pavement rehabilitation project.” Work started earlier this month on one stretch—Peak Avenue from Main...
Students at Charter School serve their unhoused neighbors
Special to the Times
As homeless numbers continue to rise in Santa Clara County, 7th grade students at Charter School of Morgan Hill (CSMH) used project-based learning to help their community better understand this crisis. They created Project MERCY to assist unhoused neighbors, and help...
Photos: Grass fire in San Martin burns six acres
A fire in San Martin burned about six acres of vegetation Friday afternoon.
The fire was reported about 2:30pm July 23 in the area of New Avenue, according to CalFire. Crews used air tankers and air tactical equipment, along with numerous ground engines, to extinguish...
Jackson Academy: Dancing to a bright, new tune
If the walls at Jackson Academy of Math and Music could talk after last Friday’s all-day music festival, it might, for once after several anxiety-ridden years, sound more like singing – lovely singing, with melodious violins in the background and loud, happy trumpets.
Woman pronounced dead in Pacheco Pass accident
A woman died in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 152 east of Gilroy Saturday night, according to authorities.
Religion: The promise of a second chance
Less than two weeks ago, amidst lots of food, party poppers and Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve, my family and I celebrated the new year. I’m not sure where my neighbors obtained their military grade explosives, but it was an impressive show!
Once my...
Council awards $14.2M contract for Hale Ave. Extension
The Morgan Hill City Council has approved a $14.2 million construction contract for the first and most significant phase of the long-awaited Hale Avenue extension project, which will create a continuous north-to-south traffic route around the west side of the city’s downtown.
Two dead after shooting in Gilroy
Two men died on Nov. 16 following a domestic-related shooting at a home in unincorporated Gilroy, authorities said.
Just before 3:30pm, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a residence on Sheldon Avenue, says a press release from the sheriff’s...
SV Flex Academy graduates receive diplomas
Fourteen students made up the Silicon Valley Flex Academy’s Class of 2014 as the group received their high school diplomas during a June 5 ceremony at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center.The students represented the third graduating class for Morgan Hill-based Silicon Valley Flex Academy—a tuition-free, public charter school serving sixth through 12th grade students.Camille DeRome was the school’s Valedictorian, while classmate Shea Carrillo was the Salutatorian.Joining them in the Class of 2014 were Samreen Bhullar, William Cruz-Larios, Rajan Gagliardi, Ryan Green, Alyssa Greymont, Michael Kobashi, Donovan Loperena, Samantha McDonald, Stephanie Rand, Megan Rodenbeck, Brooke Schroeder, and Michael Wells.Silicon Valley Flex Academy, which opened in 2011, is one of the state’s first full-time, five-day-a-week hybrid schools combining the best of online education with traditional, onsite school practices, according to SV Flex Academy spokeswoman Monique Sadoff.Among the colleges the 2014 graduates will attend in the fall are Seattle University in Washington, CSU Monterey Bay, Weber State in Utah and San Francisco State, according to Sadoff.
Religion: A Christian response to the election
At the time of writing, we are just days away from another presidential election here in the U.S. Depending on your viewpoint, you may be excited, disappointed or frustrated at the results of the election.
Yet no matter who has won, the response of Christians...

















