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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

AUGUST 17, 2018

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Garden Railroad Tour right on track

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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

AUGUST 17, 2018

Flying Colors and Fitness•moves $1 • Friday, August 17, 2018Dance • Vol. 124, No. 33 • morganhilltimes.com Serving Morgan shop Hill since 1894

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CYBERSECURITY FIRM AND CITY OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING Michael Moore Editor

Robert Eliason

A data breach earlier this year at City Hall resulted in the unauthorized release of personal information of hundreds of Morgan Hill employees, according to City Manager Christina Turner. The city hired a private cybersecurity firm to investigate the breach, which city staff learned about in July. Authorities from the Federal Bureau of Investigation contacted city officials to notify them the breach had occurred, Turner said. The unknown suspect or suspects gained access to the personal information of about 480 former and current full-time and part-time city employees, including the elected city council members, Turner said. Everyone who was employed by the City of Morgan Hill in 2017 was affected by the security incident.

POP A WHEELIE Gordon, a 16-year-old blue hyacinth macaw works on his cycling skills during the Happy Birds educational performance at San Martin/Gwinn Elementary School.

It’s a parrot parade HAPPY BIRDS PERFORM AT SAN MARTIN SCHOOL

➝Breach, 10 Debra Eskinazi

Magazine and Features Editor

Students at San Martin/ Gwinn Elementary School flocked to the school cafeteria for a special visit with some famous feathered friends Tuesday, Aug. 7.

The school, offering an Environmental Science Academy and Dual Immersion program, worked with the Bookmobile service of the Santa Clara County Library to bring the birds on campus. Julie Cardoza and her husband Ed have operated Happy Birds out of San Martin for nearly 30 years and have appeared with their parrots on The

Tonight Show, Pet Star and The Ellen Show. The couple brought six singing parrots to Gwinn and performed a show featuring more than 25 tricks for nearly 40 students. “They’re really intelligent and need a lot of attention,” she said. “This has been a great way for us to present our birds and educate people about the responsibility of having parrots.”

Cardoza said she and Ed each had a passion for birds, and it has become their specialty over the last three decades. The Cardozas and their parrots have been featured in the Guinness Book of World Records three times for fun tricks including most bottle caps removed, most cans opened in a minute and most slam

dunks—featuring a mini basketball and hoop. “This is all selftaught. We started when we were kids,” said Cardoza, adding that their education has included extensive research, reading and consulting with avian veterinarians. “You can feel it. A lot of parrot experience is like that.” Few people in the area ➝ Parrots, 14

Gun debate comes to Morgan Hill Jaqueline McCool Reporter

In a national movement for stricter gun control measures, Morgan Hill is set to join a growing number of cities that are passing their own set of gun safety ordinances.

Following the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Feb. 14, students across the country protested U.S gun regulation. Morgan Hill students joined the National School Walkouts on March 14,and city council members responded. After talks with local high school students, council members decided to move forward with a

proposed ordinance to regulate guns in Morgan Hill, which City Attorney Donald Larkin said had been long discussed by the council. On March 7, the City Council adopted a resolution condemning gun violence. Community members who voiced concerns at that meeting were then invited to a small roundtable meeting Aug. 8 to discuss a proposed ordinance.

Council members Rich Constantine and Rene Spring were present at the informal meeting. Had anymore council members been present, the meeting would have been classified as a formal meeting of the council, and would have required a public notice and a published agenda. Larkin and Morgan Hill Chief of Police David Swing also attended. The constituents

invited to the meeting included gun owners as well as gun control advocates. As the meeting started, nearly all attendees said they would support some kind of compromise in an ordinance, but as the meeting wore on, it was clear there were multiple conflicting ideas. An ordinance written by Larkin included four points: requiring gun ➝ Gun Control, 9

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