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Gavilan College President Steve Kinsella’s $42,000 salary raise is under fire again – this time because a local Latino advocacy group alleges the Gavilan College board violated the Brown Act in an October meeting when they approved increasing his pay from $234,090 to $276,090 by 2015.

A school board trustee blocked local district leadership’s request to continue retaining a law firm that he says gave the district poor legal advice that led to a recent failed lawsuit.

School district officials declared an impasse in contract negotiations with the teachers union Nov. 10. Representatives for both sides will now sit down with a mediator in the coming weeks in hopes of reaching a new agreement on salaries, leaves and other negotiable articles.

Locals attend Biola University Morgan Hill residents Caleb Hernandez (Business Administration major) and Caden Leedy (Engineering Physics major) began attending the fall session of Biola University. Also an incoming freshman at Biola is San Martin resident Jordan Mendoza, who is majoring in Biological Sciences, according...

Under the gaze of family and friends, three incoming Morgan Hill Unified School board trustees took the oath of office and assumed their place on the school board dais Tuesday evening at district offices, located at 15600 Concord Circle.

Magesh earns Faculty Honors Aadhavan Magesh, of Morgan Hill, earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for fall 2023 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester, says a press release...

A non-profit learning center in north Gilroy was burglarized

The Paradise Valley Home and School Association, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, purchased and sold 1,780 poinsettia plants from La Esquina at 152 in Watsonville, raising $9,500 to help fund the Mission Springs Science Camp adventure.