Local Scene: Composting workshop April 15
Learn to compost April 15
The City of Morgan Hill’s Environmental Services office will host a free compost workshop 10am-12pm April 15 in the Poppy Jasper Room of the Community & Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Road.
The two-hour workshop will be led by a Santa Clara...
Depot Street realignment, residential project moves forward
The developer of a downtown Morgan Hill residential project that will realign the oddly shaped intersection of Depot Street, Church Street and Dunne Avenue is hoping to begin construction by the end of this year.
The project, proposed along Depot Street at the site of...
Low interest rates drive continued growth in housing market
The booming real estate market during the pandemic is creating an issue as the fall season gets underway: low inventory.
Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, said scarce inventory has been problematic for the past few years, but has worsened in...
Morgan Hill receives grant to promote upward mobility
The City of Morgan Hill has been awarded a grant that will fund efforts to boost upward mobility for vulnerable residents.
On April 13, city officials announced that Morgan Hill has been accepted as a member of the International City/County Management Association’s (ICMA) Economic Mobility...
Calling all Encinal Elementary students from ’50s, ’60s
The idea for an Encinal Elementary School class reunion arose
MHUSD to live stream graduations inside theaters
Sobrato and Live Oak High School will live stream their June 8 graduation ceremonies for audiences inside each school's performing arts theater.
Spotlight of the Week: High Flyer
Nik Groen, 16, a Live Oak High School junior, started flying when he was 14. He recently took his first solo flight, after flying with his instructor, Charles Jackson, pictured at left, once a month for more than a year."It's a lot of fun, but it takes a lot of determination," he said. Now that he's met one goal, his first solo flight, he's looking ahead to earning his private pilot's license. He hopes to do that when he's 17, he said. To earn the license, he has to pass a written test and complete longer flights. The final test is a 'check flight' with an instructor he's never flown with, similar to the road test a driver must pass to become licensed.
Religion: Take courage, hope in God
On Oct. 27, 2018, as Jews gathered in Sabbath worship at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we were horrified with the news that a gunman entered the synagogue and killed 11 Jews in worship.
This year, almost exactly five years later, as...
