User:TrademarkedTWOrantula/Morgan Hill, California

Morgan Hill is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. According to the 2020 United States census, the population was 45,483. Incorporated on November 10, 1906, the city is named after Diane and Hiram Morgan Hill.

Festivals and celebrations
The Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival is an annual mushroom festival established in 1980 by fire chief Bradley Ross Spencer, who wanted to raise money for his fire department after being affected by Proposition 13.

The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (PJIFF) is an annual film festival based in Morgan Hill. It was established in 2004 by Mattie Scariot as a fundraiser on MHAT, Morgan Hill's public-access television channel. Since it was founded, PJIFF features films produced by people of multiple backgrounds.

Historic structures
The National Register of Historic Places lists monuments including the Poverty Flat Site, Rhoades Ranch, and Villa Mira Monte.

Sports
Live Oak High School is home to the Acorns.

Media
Morgan Hill has two newspapers: The Morgan Hill Times and Morgan Hill Life. Radio stations include two FM stations – KHCF (89.9) and KSQQ (96.1) – while television stations include the public-access channel MHAT.

Notable people

 * Don Argue (born 1940), evangelical
 * Charles Kellogg (1868–1949), naturalist
 * Thomas Kinkade (1958–2012)

Sister cities

 * 🇲🇽 Ameca, Mexico
 * 🇮🇪 Headford, County Galway, Ireland
 * 🇯🇵 Mizuho, Tokyo, Japan
 * 🇮🇹 San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Tuscany, Italy
 * 🇲🇽 San Martín de Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico
 * 🇹🇷 Seferihisar, Izmir, Turkey