The first phase of long-awaited changes to make the lower portion of Graham Hill Road in Felton safer for motorists is officially under way.

San Lorenzo Valley High softball coach and local business owner Mark Brown has developed an idea to spur fundraising for San Lorenzo Valley youth and sports programs that also helps local business.

Annette Marcum sits in her Ben Lomond office every day making phone calls to service clubs, churches, food banks and her numerous contacts to coordinate the latest effort to provide for the least fortunate in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Several students who won a recent poster contest were picked up from local schools Friday, Oct. 29, by Scotts Valley police in their S.W.A.T. truck and taken to lunch at Bruno’s BBQ. The students had created posters with the theme of living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.