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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.

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.

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.

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...

The city’s “parking structure safety enhancement” project is underway at the three-story downtown garage, nearing completion of a project that was first approved by the council in 2017. The parking structure, located between East Third and East Fourth streets, serves the downtown as walkable parking...

Santa Clara County is considering options for rezoning ordinances in unincorporated agricultural lands in an attempt to better preserve open space. Manira Sandhir, a principal planner for the county, said the conversation began in February when the county realized that farm owners, wineries and stables...

The City of Morgan Hill celebrated Earth Day early by hosting a variety of environmentally friendly businesses and organizations April 18 at the Community and Cultural Center. Representatives of Silicon Valley Clean Energy, Recology, Henry W. Coe State Park, Santa Clara County Green Business...

Widespread construction of the type experienced in Morgan Hill and the South Bay in recent years often means the loss of an untold number of mature trees from previously vacant land. But at least one builder in Morgan Hill has taken aim to relocate and preserve the trees that have been in the ground since long before any development plans were approved.

After nearly four years in the making, crews broke ground on the Granada Hotel project in downtown Morgan Hill on April 15. The hotel is expected to open in fall 2020, according to owner Léal Vineyards Incorporated’s website. In September 2015, the Morgan Hill City Council...