Local Scene: Morgan Hill students earn academic honors
Morgan Hill student named to dean’s list
Tanmay Patwardhan, a junior at University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a Morgan Hill resident, was named to the university’s dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. Patwardhan is a student of the College of Science and Engineering.
To...
Burnett campus could be put to new use
The Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education has yet to vote on a proposal to use voter-approved Measure G bond funds to convert the vacant Burnett Elementary School into the new home for Central High Continuation School in time for the start of the 2013-14 school year.
City of Morgan Hill gets AAA rating
S&P Global Ratings has assigned the City of Morgan Hill an issuer credit rating of AAA, the highest possible credit rating from S&P, with a stable outlook, says a press release from the City of Morgan Hill. S&P’s AAA rating reflects its favorable view...
Raising Cane’s eyes Morgan Hill for new location
A popular and growing fast food chain that specializes in fried chicken fingers has its sights set on Morgan Hill for a new location at the southeast corner of Cochrane Road and Butterfield Boulevard.
Representatives of the restaurant, Raising Cane’s, presented their concept to the...
Overdose deaths in U.S. reached record high as pandemic spread
Americans died of drug overdoses in record numbers as the pandemic spread across the country, federal researchers reported Wednesday, the result of lost access to treatment, rising mental health problems and wider availability of dangerously potent new street drugs.
In the 12-month period that ended...
Coalition provides supplies for MHUSD teachers
Morgan Hill Unified teachers lined up outside a local elementary school one recent afternoon for the Teachers Aid Coalition’s annual spring classroom supply giveaway.Â
Election: Measure S wins by a landslide
The City of Morgan Hill’s long-standing growth control policy was never under threat of dying at the polls Nov. 8, as Measure S was resoundingly supported by 77 percent of those who cast ballots.
County land purchase expands Uvas Canyon Park in Morgan Hill
The Santa Clara County Parks Department purchased a 95-acre parcel (2026 Uvas Canyon Addition) adjacent to Uvas Canyon County Park in Morgan Hill. The property will expand the park’s boundary and provide alternative routes for connector trails envisioned in a countywide master plan, according...
Silicon Valley leaders launch $11M coronavirus relief fund
By Grace Hase
As low-income families in Santa Clara County are crippled by the
economic impacts of COVID-19 through lost hours and wages, nonprofits,
public agencies and Silicon Valley’s private sector are banding together
to help.
The Santa Clara County Homeless Prevention System on March 23
launched an...
Scholarship fund honors legacy of Morgan Hill teen who died in traffic accident
Friends, family and teammates of Jaden Smith, a 17-year-old Ann Sobrato High School student-athlete who died in March, have launched a memorial scholarship fund to honor his legacy and support future generations of Morgan Hill student athletes.
Smith, an 11th-grade varsity basketball player and youth...
