Volunteers repair seniors’ homes
More than 1,000 volunteers from companies, churches, service clubs and other community organizations spent Saturday, April 27 repairing and rebuilding homes of the needy in Santa Clara County.
Included among the 36 work sites for the countywide Spring Rebuilding Day, an annual project of Rebuilding...
Cordoba Center nears approval decision
Santa Clara County planners and supervisors could vote this month on plans by the South Valley Islamic Community for a major multi-use project at 1405 Monterey Road in San Martin.
In the works for more than a decade, the project’s final environmental impact report (EIR)...
Wasserman addresses ICE detainers
The February murder of Santa Clara resident Bambi Larson by undocumented immigrant Carlos Eduardo Arevalo-Carranza, triggered a continuing debate within the county about local and state sanctuary city laws.
At an April 26 legislative conference in Gilroy, County Supervisor Mike Wasserman told a crowd of...
‘1776’ captures suspenseful time in history
The monster hit musical “Hamilton” has spurred interest across a wide swath of the American public in the earliest days of the republic. “1776,” a musical by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone, precedes “Hamilton” by several decades — it premiered on Broadway in 1969...
More police on streets for Cinco de Mayo
With the upcoming Cinco de Mayo holiday promising to bring alcohol-driven revelry to public places, Morgan Hill police will post additional officers on the streets that evening to combat drunken driving.
MH-based lumber co. to pay $375K over sawmill death
A Morgan Hill-based lumber company reached a $375,000 settlement agreement with a northern California county over the death of a sawmill employee in 2013.
City welcomes new police officers
Five new Morgan Hill Police officers took their oaths of duty a couple weeks ago, and the city is looking to fill even more police positions in the coming months.
Be aware during Bicycle Safety Month
May is National Bicycle Safety Month, and local city officials and police will be marking the occasion with education, awareness and enforcement efforts in the coming weeks.
Walmart celebrates remodel
City and chamber officials celebrated Walmart’s recently completed remodel at the 170 Cochrane Plaza store with a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 26. The remodel added a “Pickup Tower,” where customers can retrieve products they ordered online.
“Our store remodel is reflective of Walmart’s continued...
