Sporting attire better befitting the 1850s than the 21st century, 94 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent three days and two nights over the weekend forging ahead on the hot and dusty trail across the Santa Cruz Mountains to learn about the history of their faith.

So much has changed in the past 100 years in Santa Cruz County — new roads paved, buildings built and demolished, trees logged and replanted, attractions come and gone — that many icons of the past in Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley are forgotten or unrecognizable to the untrained eye.

About 800 people enjoyed the second of four free Music at Skypark concerts Sunday, July 31. Many folks danced to the rock and horn sounds of Houserockers, which returned to this concert series for the third year in a row. Ben Lomond’s Coffis Brothers opened the concert with well-received folk-rock tunes.

Half a pound of methamphetamine and a mess of stolen property was recovered from a Scotts Valley man who was arrested in Santa Cruz.

Plans moved forward this week for the potential move of Bay Photo’s operations from two locations in Santa Cruz to the former home of Seagate in Scotts Valley, after two financial speed bumps were resolved at the state and local levels.