In recent years, miniature pigs — better known as “teacup pigs” — have become a trendy pet, prized for their cuteness as much as their small stature and intelligence.
Though the grizzly bear is long extinct from the forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains, it can be easy to forget that there is still a large apex predator roaming the region in the form of the mountain lion.
The San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District is gearing up for the “one-to-one laptop initiative.” Slated to begin in Fall 2015, this program would require each student to utilize a laptop or other tech device as a classroom-learning tool.
A group of parents with backgrounds in the tech industry of the Silicon Valley recently began an after-school club at Baymonte Christian School with the aim of getting young people excited about the prospect of a future in computing.
Caltrans announced March 18 that speed limits will change on a 0.74-mile segment along Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County, following a recent engineering...