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LOCAL SCENE Blues-rock show at GVA Blues-rock guitarist and vocalist David M’ore will bring his intense, highoctane playing to Morgan HIll, where he’ll perform 7 to 10pm Dec. 23 at GVA Cafe, 17400 Monterey Road. There is not cover charge. For more information, call (408) 7760571. M’ore is a headliner for the Kern River Rock ‘N Blues Festival, and has played with contemporary guitar greats Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck and Albert Lee. M’ore’s most recent album, “Passion, Soul & Fire,” has generated strong commercial and critical interest.
City Hall holiday Morgan Hill City Hall will be closed for the winter holidays Dec. 22 to Jan. 1. Essential public services such as police, fire and public works will still be available.
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Puppet show The Fratello Marionettes will present “The North Pole
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Holiday help arrives
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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN
DECEMBER 22, 2017
OU T& AB CA LE ND OU T AR EV EN OF TS
A section of the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times
HO HO HO! Four-month-old Brielle Lopez sits with Santa Claus for a special moment during the Dec. 15 holiday event organized by Cathedral of Faith at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center.
CATHEDRAL OF FAITH HOSTS DINNER AND GIVEAWAYS
David Peoples helps local entrepreneurs
Sewing connections Inside this issue: Peoples pulls for the public THE NUTCRACKER P10 | MAISON A SHOP P17 | NURSERY ROOTS P18
Scott Forstner Reporter
Supplying hundreds of needy South County families with a warm meal, winter jackets, toys, photos with Santa and a bag of groceries has become a holiday tradition for
volunteers who attend the Morgan Hill chapter of the Cathedral of Faith. “There’s a tremendous need,” said Josie Scott, a lead organizer for the Cathedral’s outreach arm that spent months fundraising and putting the recent holiday event together. “We are seeing more homeless families with children, so this year our focus is on the children.” The theme for the
seventh-annual event, made possible by countless “I Love Morgan Hill” volunteers and held Dec. 15 at the Community and Cultural Center on the edge of downtown Morgan Hill, was “You Belong Here.” “We just want to show them that people do love them and they are not alone and that there’s hope,” said the cheerful Scott, who has dedicated herself to helping those
less fortunate through her outreach work. On Friday early afternoon, hundreds of needy families lined up outside the CCC hours before the event was set to begin. Scott said she was taken aback when some even asked if they could help with anything while they waited outside in the brisk temperatures. “This year, we want everyone to feel like they belong in our community.
We treat them like family,” said Pastor Gary Palacios, whose Morgan Hill chapter has grown to more than 250 strong since it was established nine years ago as part of a much larger 12,000-member national movement. After filling out a registration form, including contact information and family size, attendees were served up a hot ➝ Christmas Charity, 12
MHPD: Man shot in robbery THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED; POLICE SAY SUSPECTS KNEW VICTIM Editor
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Three masked men entered the northeast Morgan Hill home of a 62-year-old man the afternoon of Dec. 19— across the street from an elementary school—robbed
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months—including the Oct. 18 arrest of a subject on a felony warrant. About 12:15pm Dec. 19, MHPD officers responded to reports of a shooting at a residence on the 17000 block of Calle Mazatan, according to authorities. The initial caller, the resident of the home, told police on the phone that someone was coming to shoot him.
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the resident and shot him with a handgun before fleeing the area in a Hyundai Elantra, according to police. Morgan Hill Police officers caught up with the suspects’ vehicle and arrested them shortly after the shooting. MHPD Capt. Shane Palsgrove said the incident was “not random” as the suspects knew the victim, and police records show a history of calls for service at the residence in recent
CRIME SCENE Morgan Hill Police officers tie crime scene tape around the home on the 17600 block of Calle Mazatan, where a resident was allegedly robbed and shot by three suspects Dec. 19.
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