Jordan Brandt, a professional dirt bike racer from Boulder Creek, is gearing up to take his craft abroad for the fourth time at the International Six Days Enduro in Mexico, where he will be one of 30 chosen to represent the United States.
Doris “Hoppy” Barrowclough of Scotts Valley has taken jazzercise fitness classes religiously for 26 years. The self-described fitness fanatic just celebrated her 89th birthday.
Faith Jane McDougal, 57, of Boulder Creek, has been sentenced to three years in prison for trying to conceal her husband’s sexual abuse of her preteen granddaughter.
Renowned ceramicist Mattie Leeds, 60, might be the best-known artist in Bonny Doon. His enormous pots, which he’s been sculpting for 40 years, are featured in Europe, in the Far East and all around Santa Cruz.
“Trying to house all these inmates is like trying to solve a really complicated human sudoku puzzle,” Chief Deputy Jeff Marsh, who oversees Santa Cruz County’s four adult jails, said grimly. “It keeps me up at night, quite frankly.”
Scott Weese, a division chief with Cal Fire CZU, spends plenty of time pouring over forest-fuel-environment maps and briefing safety crews on weather conditions.
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