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From a young age, Mark Cummins knew he wanted to be a teacher and coach.  And for 37 years, Cummins has served in both of those capacities at Live Oak High. The 60-year-old was honored in a ceremony before the Sept. 23 El Toro Bowl...

Santa Clara County Health System will begin providing Covid-19 vaccines to any county resident age 65 or older, regardless of their healthcare provider or insurance. County officials announced the “no wrong door” system Feb. 4, saying the new method will help get shots into arms...

A group of Morgan Hill residents hopes to settle the question of whether Monterey Road through the city’s downtown should be reduced to two lanes by letting the voters decide. Sally Casas, who lives in downtown Morgan Hill, is the proponent of an initiative for...

A Morgan Hill man died and his wife suffered serious injuries after the plane they were flying crashed in Arizona on Sept. 22 for unknown reasons. The couple was identified by Classic Air Medical as Jim and Uta Petersen. Jim was the pilot of the plane,...

Gavilan College removed 17 out-of-state football players—all but one of them African American—from the team and campus last week, claiming the athletes had received prohibited transportation, housing and food benefits and were improperly recruited.

The Morgan Hill City Council this week unanimously approved new employment agreements with City Manager Christina Turner and City Attorney Don Larkin.

“Amazon-style” warehouses won't be in the future of Coyote Valley for now, as the city plans to preserve 314 acres of green space, marking a victory for local environmentalists. The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Nov. 16 to rezone portions of the valley south...

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors reinforced its commitment to build a new mental health facility instead of a new jail, but the path will not be easy.

The Santa Clara County's Office of Women's Policy is offering $75,000 worth of civic engagement mini-grants to local residents who want to organize their communities to promote civic engagement and participatory democracy in honor of the legacy created by the women who fought for the 19th amendment.

Deja Jimenez wasn’t going to be denied. With the Live Oak High field hockey team battling Branham in a golden goal situation, the junior forward unleashed a shot from the top of the semi-circle that bounced off the pads of the Branham goalkeeper.  Undeterred, Jimenez...