Newsom proposes budget with Medi-Cal expansion
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed 2022-2023 state budget Monday, including a proposal to extend health care coverage to every low-income resident in the state.
The proposal would expand access to Medi-Cal, the state's version of Medicaid, to all residents who meet the program's income...
MHUSD board debates foreign exchange policy
Things got a little heated in the nearly hour-long discussion Tuesday night at the Morgan Hill Unified School District school board meeting.
Police arrest teen for armed robbery in Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill Police arrested a 16-year-old boy who robbed a local department store by brandishing a firearm at a store employee, according to authorities.
About 7:46pm Feb. 13, Morgan Hill Police responded to Target, 1061 Cochrane Road, to investigate a report of a robbery that...
MHPD to install fixed license plate cameras throughout town
The Morgan Hill Police Department is installing 25 fixed automated license plate reading cameras throughout town that will alert officers to stolen or wanted vehicles in real time, and help authorities identify suspects in recent crimes, according to MHPD.
The cameras will be installed for...
Commission approves 249-unit housing complex
Torn on the question of how to prevent overflow parking onto a nearby public street, the Morgan Hill Planning Commission Oct. 26 narrowly approved the design permit for a 249-unit affordable housing complex north of town.
The project consists of 14 buildings—as well as open...
Demand for food assistance soars in county
As a result of Covid-19 and the subsequent economic downturn, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is now providing food assistance to an average of 500,000 people every month—twice as many people as it served pre-pandemic.
MHUSD Facilities Master Plan Town Hall Meeting scheduled for May 1
School district staff will host a town hall-style meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. May 1 to provide information to the public and receive input on the development of Morgan Hill Unified’s long-range Facilities Master Plan. Â
School Board makes surprise move, announces interim supe at Tuesday’s meeting
The Morgan Hill Unified Board of Education made a bold and united stand Tuesday, keeping it in the family and appointing Steve Betando as the interim superintendent for the departing Wes Smith, who notified the district last week that he will be leaving at the end of June.
‘Glimpses of India’ Benefit Homeless Programs
MORGAN HILL RESIDENT DAYA RAMAN and SITARA ETHIRAJ, chose EHC LifeBuilders as the beneficiary for their PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL Platinum Project. For the project, Daya and Sitara organized and presented "Glimpses of India," a dance concert featuring classical and modern Indian dance. The students raised hundreds of dollars to benefit EHC LifeBuilders, a nonprofit organization which champions quality of life and stability for people in crisis and those experiencing homelessness in Santa Clara County. Daya volunteers at the homeless center in San Martin on Monterey Road.
Doctors’ union is largest donor to sales tax measureÂ
A union of physicians earning up to $1 million a year is the biggest funder of the ballot measure to raise local sales taxes. A week after the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to raise county taxes, the county’s largest...













