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Fully vaccinated workers will no longer be required to wear a mask regardless of whether their co-workers are unvaccinated following new guidance Thursday from the state's workplace safety agency. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health's Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to...

The 40th annual Wildflower Run will take place March 26 at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill and is anticipated to sell out, reaching its maximum capacity of 1,200 runners and walkers. The Morgan Hill branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW)...

A 3.7-magnitude earthquake was reported Tuesday morning 2 miles from Morgan Hill, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

If first-year Christopher High boys soccer coach Josue Salgado can guide the Cougars to a Central Coast Section championship within the next several years, he’ll be the prep version of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart: someone who has such tremendous pride in his alma...

Valley Water and the National Weather Service urged the community to prepare for winter storms during a news conference held Nov. 13 at a sandbag distribution center in San José.  Last winter, Valley Water partnered with Santa Clara County and local cities to help residents...

California school districts have two choices: Bite the bullet and make budget cuts now, or delay them and face even more painful decisions. That was the ultimatum Michael Fine, CEO of the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, a school finance agency, delivered to district...

Downtown Gilroy’s new Gourmet Alley, designed to be a pedestrian friendly corridor, officially opened to the public on Nov. 8. City officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony in the morning, and resumed the celebration in the evening with the Downtown Business Expo on Gourmet Alley...

PG&E is encouraging customers around the Bay Area to prepare for excessive heat on Friday that could contribute to power outages.  PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian said in an email that this could be an “all-hands on deck event,” and said crews will be out and...

From Bay City News Service    Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen is drawing attention to a rash of fentanyl overdoses and exposures at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, he said in a release on Wednesday.   Thirteen inmates and two staff members were exposed to fentanyl...

It’s no secret Covid-19 hit local businesses hard, and XIOS Strength and Conditioning was no exception. However, the gym’s owners—the husband-wife duo of Andrew and Crystal Dela Cruz—made things work.  “I won’t sugarcoat it—it was really hard,” Andrew said. “But we adjusted and that is...