With more than 40 beers on tap from 20 different brewers, the first Santa Cruz Hop n’ Barley Festival promises to score with lager lovers of all kinds.

In the book “6 Days of Waiting,” fourth-grader Celeste Charlet writes about a puppy so perfect, her heart dances at the sight of it.

Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley celebrated the nation's birthday with patriotic parades and festivities.

Maureen Stebbins, the Felton fixture who has owned and operated Mo’s Daycare for the past 37 years, is closing up shop.

The valley will see consolidated bus routes and reduced services come September after Metro board members approved 10 percent in cuts to balance its scant budget last week. The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District board members also declared a fiscal emergency and passed a two-year budget that relies heavily on reserves at their regular monthly meeting Friday, June 25.