Family members of Tara Romero, 14 of Morgan Hill, are seeking donations to offset the costs of her funeral, and set up a Wells Fargo account to which anyone can contribute.
As the city of Morgan Hill's inaugural Citizen's Police Academy comes to a close, the couple dozen residents who participated will graduate with a glance behind the scenes of law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
In an effort to cut costs as a key funding source is on the edge of disappearing, the Morgan Hill Downtown Association terminated executive director's employment Jorge Briones last week.
Local officials will make the obligatory request for more federal money for the Upper Llagas Creek flood protection project, though the prospects for such funding are dim.
Design alternatives for the Upper Llagas Creek flood protection project could send the natural conduit's overflow underground through downtown Morgan Hill, or through the back yards and private properties along the body's existing path when heavy rains hit.
A year and two weeks ago, downtown Morgan Hill looked less like the sunny, dry disposition it has today and more like a swampy, sopping wet mess. The areas that were flooded by overflow from Llagas Creek after the torrential rains of 2009 and the three feet of rainfall that came in 2008 are vulnerable this year and every year after until the second half of the Llagas Creek Flood Control Prevention project is complete.
Morgan Hill - The long awaited second phase of the fix that will prevent flooding in downtown Morgan Hill will be updated by its engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at a Sept. 22 Santa Clara Valley Water District board meeting.