Politics

Santa Clara County District 1 Supervisor Sylvia Arenas is facing a challenge from Morgan Hill Unified School District Trustee Rebecca Munson in the upcoming June 2 primary, with the incumbent defending her seat from a South County native who says current leadership is out...

Four candidates are vying for the California 18th Congressional District seat in the June 2 primary, setting up a contest between a deeply entrenched incumbent and three challengers who argue Washington needs fresh leadership. Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who has represented parts of the South...

Santa Clara County officials, community organizers and residents gathered at the county government center in San Jose May 14 to oppose a federal plan to build an immigration detention facility on agricultural land just outside Gilroy city limits, vowing to fight the project in...

Brandon Sanchez, a 26-year law enforcement veteran who most recently served as a deputy chief for the San Jose Police Department, has been appointed the City of Gilroy’s new police chief.  The appointment of Sanchez follows a lengthy recruitment and selection process that started with...

Dan Bertelli, a pharmacist and former city council member whose generosity and entrepreneurial spirit helped shape the Morgan Hill that exists today, died April 25. He was 90. Bertelli was born July 17, 1935, and grew up in the Daly City area, where he began...

About 20 residents of a homeless encampment off Sixth Street can stay on the city-owned property on a month-to-month basis after the Gilroy City Council voted to extend a previous deadline to leave.  In February, a council majority voted to give the residents of the...

Downtown Morgan Hill’s Royal Clothiers, owned by Carlos Perez, is named the 2026 Senate District 15 Small Business of the Year in recognition of the retailer’s longstanding contributions to the community as well as its decades of service to generations of local families, according...

Santa Clara County Executive James R. Williams released a recommended fiscal year 2026-27 budget on May 1 that proposes $14.7 billion in spending while confronting unprecedented federal funding cuts, according to county staff. The recommended budget aims to prioritize essential services and protect the...

Santa Clara County voters will decide June 2 whether to approve a parcel tax that would generate an estimated $17 million annually for the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, funding wildfire risk reduction, water protection and open space conservation across the region. Measure D...

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters' Office has begun mailing County Voter Information Guides to all active registered voters for the June 2 Statewide Direct Primary Election.   The guide provides information on the candidates and measures on the ballot, along with Vote Center locations,...