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Rocketship Education sent out the first flare, meeting with Morgan Hill Unified School District administrators earlier this month to make it clear that they are intent on opening a charter school in the city in 2014.

Vandalism Someone slashed two tires on a vehicle parked outside Royal Court Apartments, located on Monterey Road. The vandalism was reported 9:43pm Jan. 21. A suspect or suspects painted a “Nazi symbol” on the sign in front of P.A. Walsh School, 353 W. Main Ave., according...

Brianne Day makes a wide array of wines from the Willamette and Applegate Valleys in southern Oregon. Along with the usual pinot noirs and chardonnays, she also uses unexpected varieties and makes creative blends that are always a treat to try. When the pandemic struck...

The Emerald Regime Marching Band and Color Guard were awarded first place after their performance Nov. 17 during the Western Band Association Class A Championships in Woodland Hills.

Hicken named to dean’s list Thomas Hicken, of Morgan Hill, earned a spot on the Utah Tech University dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students had to attain a semester GPA of 3.5 to 3.89 and complete at...

The Wildflower Run, the annual 5k and 10k that has become one of Morgan Hill’s signature community events, is set to draw its largest field of participants to date when it takes off from Live Oak High School April 12. Organizers have raised the participant...

A Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy was killed early Saturday morning by a suspected DUI driver on State Highway 87 in San Jose, according to the sheriff's office.  Deputy Arturo Romero, a 24-year member of the sheriff's office, was driving home to Gilroy after his...

Avid cyclists, commuters, cycling hobbyists, transportation planners, environmentalists and health advocates are getting ready to celebrate Bike Month in May, which features a variety of local organized events to promote two-wheeled pedal power. Local events center around national Bike to Work Day and the Bay...

After one four-year term on the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Trustees, local resident Gino Borgioli will vie for a spot on the Santa Clara County Board of Education.

Two Morgan Hill Unified School District educators took to the video waves this week, producing a Youtube silent clip that depicted their plights as teachers trying to make due in one of the most expensive parts of the country.The video comes on the heels of the local teachers’ union’s ongoing contract negotiations with district leadership that have stalled to a point where a mediator has been brought in.A married couple and veteran teachers, Britton Middle School’s Tony Goble and Nordstrom Elementary School’s Anna Goble, held up cards telling their story from living with their parents to save money for a home, to using grandparents for free day care that they would otherwise not be able to afford.MHUSD and the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers have a scheduled meeting in January with the mediator to attempt to work out a fair compensation agreement before the current contract expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year.