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The 2019-2020 season was a historic one for the Christopher High boys basketball team, which advanced to a Central Coast Section championship game and won a game in the CIF NorCal playoffs before falling in the regional semifinals.  On paper, incredibly enough, this year’s team...

What do you do when you’ve owned and operated one of Morgan Hill’s oldest and best known restaurants—a place I’ve called “Morgan Hill’s living room”—for years? You start a winery in San Martin, of course.  But it’s not just a winery; it’s a potential destination...

Code enforcement is the topic of mayor’s coffee meeting Mayor Marie Blankley will be joined by City Administrator Jimmy Forbis during Conversation and Coffee on Nov. 4 at 9:30am in the Council Chambers, 7351 Rosanna St. The public is invited to discuss and learn more about...

The weather forecast is finally calling for a noteworthy dry spell in Gilroy, but dozens of local people and businesses are still recovering from flood damage and other property losses resulting from the last several weeks of drenching storms in South Valley.  In recent days,...

Alas, my final September with you. Sadly, we only have four more months together. Don’t despair, however, since the ninth month always kicks the cycling world back into high gear.  The approaching autumnal equinox means that the scorching summer days are (mostly) over, resulting in...

A 39-year-old Gilroy man died in a crash involving multiple vehicles and a big-rig on northbound Highway 101 in San Jose early Wednesday morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson said. The crash was reported around 5:55am on northbound Highway 101 north of Story Road. Investigators determined...

A series of housing laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in recent memory has prompted a group of city officials from throughout the state to organize an initiative they say will help bring land-use decisions back to local jurisdictions. The “Our Neighborhood Voices” initiative, which...

Proprietor Billoo Rataul stands tall and proud as he surveys the vineyard land that gently slopes to the banks of Machado Creek outside Morgan Hill. Born and raised in northeast India, he grew up near jungles where beasts still roamed, and his childhood imagination...

Police arrested a man suspected of starting multiple fires in Gilroy earlier this month, authorities said Sept. 11.  Just before 8:30pm Sept. 6, someone flagged down a Gilroy Police patrol officer and informed them of a large fire on the north end of the 5900...

During March and April, the number of traffic collisions and arrests of intoxicated drivers dropped dramatically statewide compared to the previous year, according to the California Highway Patrol. But it wasn’t because California’s notoriously reckless drivers began respecting the rules of the road. Rather, it’s...