Tag: Morgan Hill
Cal-SOAP scholarship recipients
The South County California Student Opportunity and Access Program known as Cal-SOAP is celebrating a decade of helping low-income and first-generation students in San Benito and South County pursue their post-secondary education.
Lurker on the loose
Police are looking for a white van whose driver chased a 13-year-old girl through a west Morgan Hill neighborhood Friday morning.
County Board of Education files suit against former superintendent
The Santa Clara County Board of Education filed a lawsuit Dec. 11 against former County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Charles Weis to recover proceeds the board loaned him for a condo in San Jose. During his four years of service, Weis was provided with a $915,000 housing loan as part of his employment contract. According to various reports, he used $890,000 of that to secure a condo in downtown San Jose about five miles away from the district office. After retiring June 30, Weis noted that he wished to turn the condo – which has dropped significantly in value since it was purchased in 2008 – over to the County Board of Education.Weis, however, did not pursue any other steps to properly transfer the property or repay his housing loan to the board, according to a press release by the Santa Clara County Board of Education. Despite efforts by the board to come to an agreement on how to handle the property, Weis has not cemented a plan for resolving the debt on his condo, according to the press release. The County Board of Education chose to pursue legal action against Weis to establish title of the condo property and recover the remaining funds from the loan. The suit is for $952,409.69.
Police to crack down on holiday drunken driving
Holiday revelers who plan to imbibe alcoholic beverages should make plans that don’t include driving, because police will be cracking down on impaired driving.
The lost opportunity of playground education
I recently visited one of the many neighborhood parks that we are fortunate to have in Morgan Hill. In fact the park near my home recently went through a playground renovation, having some of the latest and safest state of the art playground equipment installed.
‘Big River’: A joyful ride down the Mississippi
“Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” – Mark Twain
No significant damage, flooding reported after Friday’s storm
It has been a wet Friday in South Santa Clara County, but city crews and utility providers did not report any significant damage, flooding or other issues associated with the heavy rain and high winds.
Local urologist on the hot seat
A Morgan Hill urologist is linked to a Salinas clinic that is being investigated by federal regulators for prescribing prostate cancer patients an expensive, often unnecessary form of treatment primarily for financial gain, according to a recent investigative news report.
Police caution elderly of scams
Shifty money-making scammers have been preying on elderly citizens in recent months, and police are cautioning residents not to accept an offer from any stranger that sounds too good to be true.
Cell phone service providers say, ‘Call me maybe?’
With cell phone and mobile data usage increasingly on the rise and expected to become more vital to Bay Area residents and businesses, providers are working on enhancing their coverage in Morgan Hill and surrounding areas.
