Mountain Community Resources’ new afterschool program began this week, giving teens a safe place to hang out after a long school day.

A few of the uniquely bent and shaped trees that were once part of Scotts Valley’s Tree Circus and Lost World can still be seen at the Tree Circus Center at 4652 Scotts Valley Drive today — one of the few remaining traces of the days when north Scotts Valley was a destination for roadside tourism.

Charles "Chuck" Scott

Matthew Hayden Hunt

During a ski trip to Tahoe with his family, Boulder Creek resident Ramey White was stricken with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which is sometimes fatal and has turned his life upside down.

Last weekend, some 400 people gathered at the Scotts Valley Community Center to help celebrate the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation’s three decades of service to Scotts Valley’s public schools.

Rev. Keith Johnson