THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN
MAY 17, 2019
Day on the Ridge continues to grow
A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times
Calendar of Events P10 Wine Auction P16 Real Estate P17
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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY
MAY 17, 2019
A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance
Inaka Japanese Restaurant opens in San Juan Bautista
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Traffic, thefts keep police busy
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MHPD ANNUAL REPORT LISTS DETAILED STATISTICS Michael Moore Editor
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Robert Eliason
The Morgan Hill Police Department in 2018 hired six new officers, made fewer arrests and wrote more traffic citations than the previous year, according to the department's annual report. Overall, incidents of eight categories of the “most serious crimes” stayed essentially the same in 2018 and 2017, with 793 and 796 such crimes reported each year, respectively. Known as “Part 1” crimes, these include larceny/theft (including auto breakins), burglary, aggravated assault, robbery, homicide, rape, arson and auto theft. The part 1 crime numbers in the MHPD annual report are the official stats reported to the state Department of Justice and the FBI, which tracks and publishes crime data from local agencies nationwide. In Morgan Hill, by far
FLOWERS AND MORE Yeun Byun of Soaps of 7 Flowers sells a wide variety of floral arrangements and cut flowers at the May 11 Morgan Hill Farmers’ Market. The market continues year-round from 9am to 1pm every Saturday.
Market season the Caltrain Station’s parking With summer around the lot on Depot Street, between corner, the year-round MorSecond and Third streets. gan Hill Farmers’ Market is The weekly market includes gearing up for a busy season more than 35 vendors from of fresh produce and crowds. Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister The market is held every Sat- and beyond, as well as a family-friendly Kids' Craft area. urday from 9am to 1pm in Staff report
The market is managed by the California Farmers’ Markets Association, which organizes farmers markets throughout the Bay Area. For information, visit cafarmersmkts.com/ morgan-hill-farmers-market.
New operator for sports park CONTRACTOR TO TAKE OVER CONDIT ROAD FACILITY OPERATIONS JULY 8 Jaqueline McCool Reporter
A new contract for Morgan Hill's sports field complex has been in the works for over two years, but this July the new contractor, the Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center, will take over the operation of the park. The city hopes the new
operator will bring new clients and tourism to Morgan Hill. The park will officially change hands on July 8, with Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center LLC paying $400,000 for improvements to the fields. The new operator is named after the sports park it will be operating on Condit Road that has the same name. Chris Ghione, the city's director of community services, said the former contractor, Morgan Hill Youth Sports Alliance (MHYSA),
had lost regional soccer tournaments as clients—thus resulting in lost revenue—and the city decided to put out a request for proposals to new contractors. In 2017, the council voted to send out the RFPs and although MHYSA submitted a proposal, they were not selected by the council. The San Jose Soccer Foundation joined together with Orchard Valley Youth Soccer and CYSA (Cal North) to create the new company, known as Outdoor
Sports Center, that will operate the sports park. Because the San Jose Soccer Foundation fundraises for its projects, Ghione said the foundation allotted $400,000 of those funds to make the improvements they thought were necessary. Ghione told the Times that improvements will include new grass and fields, but that the scheduled games will not be interrupted. ➝ Outdoor Sports Center, 11
You’re going to see kind of a gradual change. They’re going to start to do some of those investments. —CHRIS GHIONE