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Lots of teachers inspire by opening the door to learning new things.  Some special teachers with how they approach their craft can inspire and enrich their charges years after the final school bell has run. One of these for me, and thousands others, was San Lorenzo Valley High’s Lee Overbeck, who died Wednesday from leukemia.

No trace of the late-spring rainstorm that caused a three-week delay in the ninth annual Bonny Doon Art and Wine Festival was seen Saturday, June 25, as nearly 500 people gathered in the summer sun at the Bonny Doon Airport Gardens for an afternoon of music, art, food and wine.

The community of Bonny Doon sits perched atop Ben Lomond Mountain, in the Coast Range. Thanks to its proximity to Monterey Bay, the area is a rich, fertile place to grow a variety of vegetables and fruit, but there’s one category of produce that...

With several weeks of warm weather already in the books for 2012, the upcoming summer months are looking promising for youngsters looking to take advantage of Santa Cruz County’s collection of nature trails.

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District has imposed new restrictions on public comments at its Board of Directors meetings, effective at the June 15 meeting.

With rain descending on Santa Cruz County in earnest over the past week, first responders have had their hands full. On Sunday, just after 8:15pm, a California Highway Patrol officer was rear-ended while responding to a rollover on southbound Highway 17 near La Madrona Drive. “As...

High school students are learning how to fix their own bicycles as part of a second-year regional occupation class sponsored by local bike shops and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education.