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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

JUNE 21, 2019

CALENDAR OF EVENTS P8 GARDENING P15

A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

REAL ESTATE P19

Bursting with pride

Festival brings the red, white and blue

SOUTH VALLEY MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Morgan Hill Freedom Fest carries on tradition for more than 140 years

CRIME ON THE RISE P2 | SCHOOL BOARD ANNUAL BUDGET P8 | LIVE OAK ALUM TO PLAY FOR REDLANDS P14

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

JUNE 21, 2019

A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

Gardening program provides job skills

SAN BENITO MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Growing skills Career training program beginning to blossom

CALENDAR OF EVENTS P8 | GARDENING P15 | REAL ESTATE P19

$1 • Friday, June 21, 2019 • Vol. 126, No. 25 • morganhilltimes.com • Serving Morgan Hill since 1894

City Hall opposes senate housing plans COUNCIL SENDS LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Jaqueline McCool Reporter

➝ Housing, 12

Robert Eliason

Morgan Hill city leaders have long prided themselves on the city’s growth plan and related housing requirements—with growth measures in place since the 1970s and policies requiring residential developments to include below-market-rate homes in their plans. Now the city fears its careful planning could be put to an end if the state Housing Crisis Act of 2019 passes in the California Assembly and moves back to the Senate. The bill, introduced by state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), would suspend local housing regulations for 10 years and create time limits for processing housing permits.

LET’S DANCE Sally Yanez (adult, with sunglasses) takes the lead among a group of youngsters feeling the beat at the June 14 Friday Night Music Series at the Morgan Hill Downtown Amphitheater.

It’s Friday Night! MUSIC SERIES CONTINUES THROUGH AUG. 30 AT DOWNTOWN STAGE

LOCAL SCENE Lunch at the Library Kids age 0-18 can enjoy free summer meals 12pm to 1pm June 10 to Aug. 2 at the Morgan Hill Library, 660 W. Main Ave. The program is also an opportunity for community members to volunteer for the summer. For more information, email sotter@sccl.org.

Flynn Creek Circus

The circus is coming to town. The Flynn Creek Circus, an all-human spectacle, presents “Out of Hat: Physics, Magic & the Rabbit’s

Perspective…” June 20-23 at the Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center, 16500 Condit Road. For more information and to order tickets, visit flynncreekcircus.ticketspice.com/ out-of-hat-morgan-hill-2019.

Free swimming Morgan Hill residents can swim for free 11:30am to 6:30pm Friday, June 21 at the Morgan Hill Aquatics Center, 16200 Condit Road.

Summer Fun in the Park Join the City of Morgan Hill June 27, 5:30-8pm for a free evening of fun activities and free gifts at

Robert Eliason

Hundreds of locals and visitors brought their families and met up with their friends at the June 14 kickoff concert for the Friday Night Music Series. The annual summer concert series is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, and continues every Friday through Aug. 30 at the Downtown Amphitheater at the Community and Cultural Center. Rocking the dance floor and lawn at the June 14 concert was headliner The Houserockers. They were preceded by opening

acts Mitchell James and Young Rhythm. Each Friday Night Music Series concert starts at 6pm with local and youth musicians filling the opening slots, followed by a headlining band that is known throughout the region (and sometimes beyond) for getting crowds of music fans out of their seats and onto the dance floor. This Friday, June 21, the headlining act will be Soul Kiss. The show lasts until 9:30pm every Friday. Food and beverages are for sale at the venue. Admission is free. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. The Downtown Amphitheater is located at 17000 Monterey Road.

GETTIN’ DOWN Even on the Downtown Amphitheater lawn, music fans busted a groove while Mitchell James, Young Rhythm and The Houserockers rocked Morgan Hill at the Friday Night Music Series June 14.

Galvan Park, 17666 Crest Ave. At the Summer Fun event, families can meet and learn about free services provided by local non[profit organizations and government agencies. Free food will be available for the first 250 attendees. Families are encouraged to bring their kids, as vendors will host fun and engaging games and activities.

Gypsy: Musical Masterpiece The South Valley Civic Theater presents Gypsy: Musical Masterpiece at the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse, 17090 Monterey Road. Shows are June

14-July 6. The production is loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, a famous striptease artist, and her mother, Rose. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit svct.org.

One Step Closer Benefit A benefit auction for One Step Closer Therapeutic Riding will take place June 30, 5:30- 9:30pm at the Historic Coyote Ranch. The event features live entertainment, line dancing, a barbecue dinner and drinks, a silent auction and more. Tickets cost $75 per person. For more information or to order tickets, visit osctr.org or call (408) 778-3567.

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