Tag: cinco de mayo

Update: Gilroy-Morgan Hill Patriots President Georgine Scott-Codiga said the May 5 flag run being promoted on the patriotaction.net website is not being organized by the Gilroy-Morgan Hill Patriots. Her group has only organized a "peaceful" rally for the morning of May 5. She also wanted to make clear that violent images and/or statements being shared by others were not made or written by the Gilroy-Morgan Hill Patriots.

As party-goers celebrate Cinco de Mayo with mariachi music and authentic cuisine this weekend, many will also indulge with their favorite margarita or tequila, then choose to get behind the wheel and drive to their next destination. That’s why this year the Santa Clara County Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force is joining with others across the state and nation to encourage everyone to plan ahead this Cinco de Mayo and not drink and drive, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s office.

After a rowdy night of Cinco De Mayo partying, two people endured injuries during a large fight outside of Desero's Tequila Town on Monterey Street on May 6 at 1:19 a.m.  

Three Morgan Hill high school students who were ordered to remove their American flag clothing to avoid offending students celebrating their Mexican heritage on Cinco de Mayo (May 5) in 2010 filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit today, according to their attorney William J. Becker, with The Becker Law Firm.

A decision was reached in favor of the Morgan Hill Unified School District and administrators in the civil rights lawsuit against the district and two former Live Oak High School administrators over the American T-shirt controversy from Cinco de Mayo 2010, said Alyson Cabrera, the lawyer representing MHUSD and former Principal Nick Boden and former Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez. The decision was reached Tuesday afternoon.

A decision was reached in favor of the Morgan Hill Unified School District and administrators in the civil rights lawsuit against the district and two former Live Oak High School administrators over the American T-shirt controversy from Cinco de Mayo, 2010, said Alyson Cabrera, the lawyer representing MHUSD and former Principal Nick Boden and former Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez. The decision was released Tuesday afternoon.