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Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced Dec. 5 that he will deactivate his office's Twitter account due to the recent rise in hate speech on the platform. In a statement, Rosen called on other district attorneys around the country to leave Twitter in...

Crews are pictured June 13 moving dirt on the west side of the interchange of Highway 101 and State Route 25 in south Gilroy. Construction began earlier this month on the long planned new interchange project, which is designed to ease congestion, improve safety...

Parent Kelly Dunham, a former home and school club member at the old Burnett Elementary School, wants to know what will become of the welcoming mural that her son, as well as all one-time students of the former northwest Morgan Hill school, helped paint.

State housing authorities this week finally approved the City of Morgan Hill’s Housing Element, an eight-year local plan for how the city will meet its projected need for new homes as the area grows.  The California Department of Housing and Community Development certified Morgan Hill’s...

Defense was the name of the game when the Gilroy and Sobrato football teams squared off on Sept. 17. Though the host Mustangs came away with a 27-14 win, the result was closer than the score indicated. Gilroy’s defensive line was unstoppable, breaking through to...

Gurleen Khajuria, a Gavilan College STEM tutor and aspiring materials scientist, has been awarded the 2025 Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Scholarship.  The $20,000 award supports community college students transferring to UC Santa Cruz who have shown exceptional academic achievement, leadership and commitment to service. Gavilan...

On Oct. 7, 1885, a 16-year-old German barber named Friedrich boarded a ship for New York.  Fleeing the military service then required in Germany, he became one of more than 1 million German immigrants who flooded these shores between 1880 and 1885.  Once he had...

Nearly everyone has asked themselves at one point in their lives, “What if?” What if you skipped college and instead traveled the world? What if you turned right instead of left? What if you pursued a romantic relationship with this person instead of that person? Limelight...

The Downtown Morgan Hill Wine Stroll will take place 1-5pm April 30, featuring more than 20 local wineries, live music, various shopping and dining options—and even a pet parade.  Wine Stroll ticket holders will get to sample local wines while perusing downtown Morgan Hill’s shops...