Mushroom Festival canceled for May weekend
Organizers of the 2023 Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival, formerly known as the Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras, announced Tuesday that “due to circumstances beyond our control,” this year’s festival will be postponed to an undetermined date.
A press release from Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras...
Cat declawing, book censorship among new 2026 laws
Every year, lawmakers in Sacramento introduce a flurry of bills, most of which are eviscerated during the legislative process and end up on the Assembly or Senate trash heap. A select few make it to the governor’s desk, and assuming they dodge the veto...
Data center set for construction in east Gilroy
Construction is set to begin on a giant data center that will house and operate more than 438,000 square feet of information and energy storage facilities on a 56-acre property in northeast Gilroy.
The facility, owned and operated by Amazon Data Services, will be located...
Gilroy art exhibit features ‘Legacy of the Silenced’
Angela Medina, a Gilroy Early College Academy Class of 2025 student, this week announced the launch of an art exhibit titled “Unveiling: The Legacy of the Silenced.” The special exhibit will be open exclusively on March 15, 22 and 29 at The Neon Exchange,...
Irene Fariman joins Coldwell
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced Irene Fairman has affiliated with the company as a sales associate in its Morgan Hill office. Fairman will specialize in residential sales in Santa Clara Valley. “Irene will be a great addition to our sales team, and I couldn’t be more excited to have her join us,” said John Agresta, manager of the company’s Morgan Hill office.” Prior to affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Fairman worked at Coldwell Banker in the Antelope Valley for nine years and one year at Keller Williams in San Jose. She has completed multiple training courses in real estate and is a HAFA Specialist. She is also a commissioned notary public for the State of California. Fairman can be reached at (408) 763-6145 or via email at Irene.fairman@cbnor cal.com.
Customers love All Natural fruits
Nine years ago, people told Juan Carlos Guizar he was crazy to open a pushcart fruit stand at the Gilroy Outlets. The requirements there were too expensive and there were no other businesses like it in Gilroy.
But two years later, Guizar opened a second...
Morgan Hill author’s eco-thriller explores climate activism, motherhood, morality
In her new novel “Fallout,” local author Jordan Rosenfeld weaves a narrative of environmental activism, maternal grief and moral complexity through the interconnected stories of two women navigating a world threatened by corporate pollution and climate change.
The “eco-thriller,” which Rosenfeld has spent nearly a...



















