Theater Fun produces ‘Beetlejuice Jr.’ on Morgan Hill stage
A cast of 47 young performers will bring “Beetlejuice Jr.” to the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse later this month, bringing the dead back to life onstage just in time for Halloween.
The Morgan Hill-based children’s theater group Theater Fun will stage the musical Oct. 22-25.
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Supreme Court rejects Santa Clara County’s ban on indoor church services
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Santa Clara County to allow indoor worship services to resume at limited capacity Feb. 26, reversing an earlier decision that upheld the ban.
The court on a 6-3 vote rejected a Feb. 12 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals...
County pushes new sales tax after federal cuts
Santa Clara County supervisors voted unanimously today to ask voters to approve new sales taxes that will place half the county in the double digit bracket. The higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall they say is the result of...
More California children hospitalized in Omicron surge
Covid-19 hospitalizations among California's children—especially those too young to go to school—are the highest they have been since the pandemic began.
Chalk it up to the highly contagious omicron variant, kids exposed during in-person instruction at school and other public places, and infants and preschoolers...
DeRose doubles down with second tasting room
DeRose Vineyards is a name well-known to wine lovers for its rustic cellar of a tasting room in the wilds of Hollister, on Cienega Road, smack in the middle of old California. Much of the Hollister hills still look much like they must have...
Brown Act accusations fly at school board
Accusations of two Brown Act violations by the Morgan Hill Unified School District and its board of education surfaced this week—one coming from the Santa Clara County Office of Education that is being sued by the district, and the other from three of its own school board trustees.
School district secures $1 million American history grant
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Coastal Cleanup Day celebrates 40th anniversary
California Coastal Cleanup Day turns 40 this year on Sept. 21. The state’s largest volunteer event is expected to draw more than 50,000 people across hundreds of locations from the sea to the Sierra Nevada, says a press release from the California Coastal Commission.
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