Editorials

If you ask police officers, school administrators or residents in Morgan Hill about e-bikes, you’ll likely hear the same response: They’re becoming one of the biggest public safety challenges facing our community. Not because e-bikes are inherently dangerous. It’s because too many riders are treating...

Whether Morgan Hill should have joined the legal effort opposing the proposed ICE detention facility near Gilroy is a question reasonable people can answer differently. What should not be open to debate is how the City Council discusses an issue of such significant public...

This Saturday, America will mark a milestone: the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It is a moment worthy of celebration, reflection and, perhaps more importantly, conversation. Reaching 250 years is not a small achievement. Our nation’s history is filled with...

The federal government’s plans to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in unincorporated Gilroy could bring a range of social, economic, legal and community impacts to South County and the broader Central Coast region with very few positive impacts. The proposed facility...

As our city begins to seriously consider placing a tax measure on the 2028 ballot—an approach urged by Mayor Mark Turner instead of rushing one through this year—the conversation shouldn’t be about whether taxes are inherently good or bad. It should be about what...

Once a week, something remarkable happens in homes and coffee shops across our city. People open the Morgan Hill Times and find something no algorithm can replicate: the unfiltered story of their community, told with care, accuracy and local knowledge. I’m writing to you...

The City of Morgan Hill’s Library Culture and Arts Commission is asking the community to submit short, heartfelt and creative love letters to the city. It can be visual art, literature, photography, music, dance or film and will be accepted through the end of...

Walk into any classroom in Morgan Hill today and you’ll see more than textbooks and worksheets. You’ll see students coding simple programs, building bridges from craft sticks, experimenting with sound and light, and using creativity to solve real problems.  That’s STEAM in action—science, technology, engineering,...

A community hospital is more than a place we go when something goes wrong. It is one of the essential pillars of a healthy and resilient community. When a medical emergency strikes, minutes, even seconds, matter. Having a hospital close to home can mean the...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept reserved for Silicon Valley boardrooms or science fiction novels. It is now woven into our daily lives—from the phones in our pockets to the way businesses market products, students learn and how news is gathered and...