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The air’s a bit hazy and it smells like someone’s having a campfire. It’s 11:11am on March 8, and fire appears to snake along the underbrush, lapping at twigs, cascading upwards, alongside ponderosa pine trees. But there will be no hotdogs and marshmallows today. And this...

A WILD TIME: Dan Johnson as Mowgli, a wild boy raised by wolves, casts a wary eye in the direction of Sage Wilkinson playing Shere Khan, a scheming tiger in “The Jungle Book: Welcome to the Jungle,” to be performed by Little People’s Repertory Theatre of San Lorenzo Valley. The original rock musical, written by LPRT executive director Janinne Chadwick, will run July 23 through Aug. 2 at Park Hall in Ben Lomond. For tickets

I imagine that most readers are aware that California will be holding its Primary Election on March 3, 2020.  Besides the many important offices that will be on the ballot, there is a lesser-known proposition that can provide vital funding for school facilities modernization and new construction.  With a certain ironic twist, this will be Proposition 13.  No, this proposition has no impact on how property taxes are assessed, or collected – it has nothing to do with the Proposition 13 that was passed in 1978.

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS—Today the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) and Scotts Valley Water District (SVWD) announced their respective boards of directors will consider possibly consolidating the agencies’ operations in the future. Boards from both water districts will learn more about the consolidation process when...

Baymonte Christian School collected 361 shoeboxes of hygiene supplies and toys that will travel around the world as part of Operation Christmas Child, a nationwide effort to help needy children.