A contingent of approximately 50 community members, politicians, press, and local health care officials gathered on the steps of the Santa Cruz County Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 1 to mark the first official day of open enrollment for the new Affordable Care Act — colloquially known as “Obamacare.”

A skeleton discovered in Bonny Doon early last month has been identified by authorities as Elias Sorokin, a man killed in a drug deal gone bad in 2009.

Talitha (Tai) Stills and husband and wife duo Jeri Green Oneto and Bruce Oneto will be honored for their longtime volunteer service with 2013 Hammer-Marcum Awards.