Suspects apprehended in valley burglaries
Two brothers were recently arrested on suspicion of committing at least 19 home burglaries, many in the San Lorenzo Valley, from March through November.
Boulder Creek lights its tree
More than 500 people attended Boulder Creek's annual tree lighting festival in downtown, Friday, Nov. 25. Santa Claus was played by Mark Cosentino and Mrs. Claus by Rose Wiswell. They rode into Boulder Creek on a firetruck signifying the start to the Christmas season.
Valley students take to forest challenge
Teams from Ponderosa and San Lorenzo Valley high schools placed in the top six of the 2011 Santa Cruz Forestry Challenge in Boulder Creek last month.
Valleys hammered by wind storm
A 24-hour windstorm with gusts up to 60 miles per hour have caused branches and trees to fall all over Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley causing widespread power outages throughout the two valleys.
Family enrichment center to open
The saying “It takes a village to raise a child” is about to take on a whole new meaning.
‘Our Town’ comes to town
Much like small-town life itself, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Our Town” has sometimes been unfairly characterized as hokey or naïve. Director Peter Gelblum aims to correct that notion with Mountain Community Theater’s production of Wilder’s classic play about the residents of a small town that could easily be in the San Lorenzo Valley.
Ben Lomond resident plumbs the Pacific’s deepest secrets
Ben Lomond resident Gerald Hatcher is an oceanographic engineer for the United States Geological Survey Pacific Science Center team that is responsible for the mapping of the ocean floor and countless sub-surface tasks throughout the Pacific Ocean.
Scotts Valley police arrest 8 for DUI during late summer enforcement
Scotts Valley Police Department arrested eight drivers suspected of driving under the influence (DUI) during a nearly three-week period through Labor Day weekend.
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