Car club to host fundraiser for Morgan Hill family involved in tragic collision
Elisa and Valentina Ornelas—ages 7 and 4, respectively—enjoyed Volkswagens as much as their father, Cesar Ornelas, who is a collector of vintage vehicles. They loved riding in his yellow Bug, which the girls called “the banana,” or his green Volkswagen (“the green bean”) to...
Christopher field hockey’s historic season ends in final, but Cougars are poised to be a major player in CCS for years to come
For 60 intense minutes, the Christopher High field hockey team played Mitty to a standstill.
The teams took turns with the possession time throughout, and even though the Cougars were edged 1-0 in the Central Coast Section playoff championship match at Valley Christian on Nov....
Trolley tours wine country in style
With more than 50 bonded wineries in southern Santa Clara County, there are plenty of reasons to keep your wine purchases local.
Morgan Hill residents Heather Gallegos and Christina Perez have been friends for over 30 years and have done lots of international travel. With...
Christopher boys, Gilroy girls win in water polo rivalry contests
In the practices leading up to the Christopher-Gilroy boys water polo match on Oct. 5, the Cougars’ Charlie Wheat and Emiliano Grieco worked on their give-and-go sequences and specific set plays.
The work paid off as Wheat scored three goals and Grieco two in a...
Christopher girls soccer team reaches third CCS title game in four years
For the third time in four years, the Christopher High girls soccer team has advanced to a Central Coast Section playoff championship match.
The Cougars made it happen after a riveting 2-1 overtime win over Menlo School in a Division II semifinal Wednesday. The No....
Second annual MOHI Festival showcases top local talent
Chef Charlie Palmer is so bullish on Morgan Hill, he chose it as the site of the forthcoming Appellation Hotel, a partnership he is undertaking with local entrepreneur Frank Leal. Set for completion in early 2026, the hotel will extend the reach of Appellation...
Gilroy High’s Zoey Zeller nails two PRs to win two races in CCS Championships
Zoey Zeller got out of the pool, body aching, the pain visible on her face.
The Gilroy High junior had just won the 200 yard individual medley race in the Central Coast Section Championships in a personal-record (PR) of 1 minute, 59.48 seconds, and her...
CA reopens economy with mix of joy, worry, anger
California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions and officially reopened Tuesday, marking the moment with state-subsidized vacation giveaways and $15 million in vaccine lottery prizes as it emerged from the pandemic politically divided but economically formidable.
One of the last U.S. states to reopen, California...
Bay Area health officers encourage masking indoors
A coalition of Bay Area health officials urged residents across the region Friday to resume wearing a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status following an uptick in Covid-19 cases.
Officials in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties and...
Medical tech firm leases new industrial space in Gilroy
A large medical tech company based in Sunnyvale recently signed a lease on a giant new industrial building at McCarthy Business Park, according to the City of Gilroy.
Intuitive, a pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery and a global technology leader in minimally invasive care, will soon...
