Court to expunge marijuana convictions
Instead of going through the lengthy process of filing a petition, thousands of Santa Clara County residents will have their marijuana convictions expunged automatically.
Vandals target Gavilan College with graffiti, theft
After a group of vandals went to town at Gavilan College - stealing hundreds of dollars in supplies; marking up the campus with the tags "OSK," "OS" and "LOST" - the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department is following up on leads and investigating the incident.
Election 2020: ‘No’ votes lead Measure A, I ballot count
The polls are closed in California’s presidential primary election, and early returns in Santa Clara County so far show solid opposition in Morgan Hill to two local ballot measures.
Another case of ‘COVID-19’ reported in CA
Santa Clara County supervisors this week extended until April 10 a local health emergency because of the continuing threat of the new worldwide virus, which the World Health Organization has officially named ‘“COVID-19.”
The resolution approved by the supervisors Feb. 10 ratified and extended a...
Police investigate Gilroy collision that ended in death of pedestrian
Gilroy Police investigators are looking for video footage or witnesses related to a fatal collision that resulted in the death of a man the night of July 15.
Just before 8pm, Gilroy patrol officers and firefighters responded to reports of a person down near Santa...
‘Gunfire’ forces brief lockdown at Jackson
MH driver injured in wreck that leads to lockdown at Gilroy
Santa Clara County receives first doses of Covid-19 vaccine
With hospitals stretching beyond capacity and the number of people dying from Covid-19 continuing to rise, Santa Clara County officials described a “ray of hope” Dec. 15 when the first shipment of a vaccine arrived.
The county received its first 5,850 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech...
Transcript of audio tape from April 26 board meeting:
Thomas: We're going to do whatever we're going to do here tonight, but we're not looking at the impact that it has on the total program. I've visited Live Oak High School and the way that SASI and Pinnacle have been operating, they don't talk. The impact that has on clerical staff trying to get report cards out which are late, which don't allow parents to know where their child is in the class, it's very disturbing. I mean, this is the group we come to again and again. It's the better part of valor. We can hit you first, and I'll have to say that the elegance of it is, that you have been willing, we've sat down mutually and said we want to work with you, we want to make this as palatable as possible. I don't know, in some ways I guess I'm saying get a backbone, be stronger. But you know what you're doing, you're doing what you think is best for the district, and I admire you for that, but at the same time, you're not protecting yourselves enough, and I worry about that at the same time. And at the same time, you're not protecting yourselves, you're hurting, I believe, what our overall educational mission is at the school, with our secretaries, with our bus drivers making sure they are delivered on time, so I'm concerned.
Mount Madonna School hosts Peace Day commemoration
“I wish to begin with a word from the Dalai Lama, ‘If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another,’” shared 12th-grade student Beatrice Miller, in her address to the Mount Madonna School (MMS) student body, faculty and guests during the school’s commemoration...













