Tag: Morgan Hill

Space is still available for the fall 2012 session of the Morgan Hill Citizens Police Academy, but spots are likely to fill up quickly.

Friends and family of Tara Romero, the Sobrato High School freshman who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Morgan Hill Nov. 4, 2011, have created a nonprofit called “Everyone’s Child, the Tara Romero Youth Empowerment Project,” to raise money for a public art project in honor of Romero and other fallen teens in the community.

The grand opening of Hobby Lobby Friday was a family outing and a gathering of friends as much as it was a shopping excursion for the hundreds of the new store’s first customers who drove from all over the South Bay just to check out the new hobby supplies superstore.

South County Housing will host an orientation meeting Aug. 30, at 6 p.m., at the Rancho Park Apartments in Hollister in hopes of finding more potential homeowners for a self-help home project. San Benito, Gilroy and Morgan Hill residents are eligible to apply to the program.

For four days in October, the Morgan Hill landmark Granada Theater will open its doors for the ninth annual Poppy Jasper Short Film Festival, and downtown advocates hope the temporary opening will energize nearby businesses and keep visitors wanting to come back.

The clients of a long-term healthcare provider who owns two facilities in South County can proceed with a class action lawsuit that accuses the company of employing inadequate nursing staff for elderly and disabled residents, according to a California Court of Appeals decision announced last week.

Davis Love III, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, has committed to play in the Frys.com Open Open at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin.

Morgan Hill’s growing Poppy Jasper Film Festival hopes to celebrate its ninth year by moving back into the downtown Granada Theater.

Three seats on the Gavilan College Board of Trustees are up for grabs in the November election, one each in the Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Benito County areas.