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If you’re looking for belly laughs that come in fits and leave you wanting more, Mountain Community Theater’s (MCT) production of Neil Simon’s “Rumors” delivers them with dizzying speed, sharp comic timing and a talented cast that brings Simon’s script into hilarious focus. Directed by...

Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County, with assistance from the County of Santa Cruz, will host a free workshop Oct. 6 for residents looking to prepare their rural properties for winter. The “Living on Rural Properties: Winter Preparedness for Santa Cruz Mountains Residents” workshop...

For Imani Wilson, repair is not a new idea. It is something she grew up with, and something that eventually became part of her own working life. “My connection to repair goes back much further than The Repair Movement,” Wilson said. “My father was a...

Scotts Valley’s Trouble 12U-B softball team gathered Sept. 2 before the Scotts Valley City Council, where they were lauded and applauded for their winning season and received a proclamation from the council. Mayor Donna Lind reflected on watching the team compete at June’s Rally in...

A few years back, a consultant report identified “inclusion” as an area where the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District had room to improve. SLVUSD partnered with an organization called Inclusion Counts using grant funds from the California Department of Education Antibias Education Grant Program;...

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a public birthday event and a fundraising campaign supporting state parks and beaches in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. Founded in 1976 as a grassroots community organization, Friends has grown into a...

The month of August is generally when students return to campus, but this August signified a graduation of sorts as a cadre of Santa Cruz County residents completed their year of service on the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Advisory Team, emerging with an...

When Valley Churches United Executive Director Danny Reber came to a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley, he expected to talk about ways the service club could help. What he didn’t expect was for the conversation to lead to a much-needed commercial...

The County of Santa Cruz and UC Cooperative Extension will host two community meetings this month to provide information about monitoring and mitigating the invasive shothole borer and protecting trees throughout Santa Cruz County. Residents may attend either meeting: Felton — 10 a.m. to noon...

In Maj. Rolin C. Watkins’ “History of Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, California,” he traces the emergence of Ben Lomond as a vibrant outpost. “On the way to Boulder Creek one can stop at Ben Lomond, a town comparatively new in 1892, located under the...