Local Scene: Poppy Jasper Film Fest fundraiser
Best of Poppy Jasper
The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival invites area movie and film fans to a Nov. 2 fundraiser featuring a screening of the 2018 festival’s “Best of Festival” entries. Enjoy a series of short and feature-length films from around the world at...
NFL alums raise money for kids
It may have been a bad morning for clay pigeons, but it was a great day for those who love shooting clay pigeons and helping kids.
On Oct. 19, the NFL Alumni Northern California Chapter hosted its annual Klays for Kids Team Shoot at the...
Poll workers train for a one-day job
It’s a perfect fall afternoon on the Saturday before Halloween, and the Morgan Hill Presbyterian Church is full of folding chairs and people of all ages. In just a few days, these people will be the first faces you see greeting you at the...
What you need to know about voting
This year is the first year the Morgan Hill residents will vote in city council districts. Two districts, D and B, have council candidates up for election, meaning the residents within those districts will vote only for a single candidate to represent their region...
New solar projects to supply SV Clean Energy
Silicon Valley Clean Energy has signed two long-term agreements for the largest utility-scale, solar-plus-storage projects to be built in California, for community power agencies serving Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Hollister.The two projects will provide 153 megawatts (MW) of solar and 47 MW of storage...
BookSmart still struggles to stay open
It may be a day-to-day struggle, but longtime Morgan Hill mainstay BookSmart is still in business. When owners Brad Jones and Cinda Meister announced in March that BookSmart, 1295 E. Dunne Ave., might close, sales took a tumble, but their landlord Fri Reddy offered...
Gun ordinance passed by Council in 4-1 vote
At an Oct. 24 meeting, the Morgan Hill City Council passed a gun ordinance that has been in the works since March of 2018. The three-part ordinance made additions to the existing local weapons ordinance that was put in place in the 1970s.
The meeting...
Police investigate two indecent exposure crimes
Sheriff’s deputies are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man who exposed himself to a 13-year-old girl at a bus stop in unincorporated Morgan Hill last Thursday. The suspect’s vehicle description matches that of a similar incident reported by Gilroy...
