Six San Lorenzo Valley High School students presented reports on women’s and children’s rights to Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, as part of her 2010 Student Advisory Board.

Holding hands under the soft glow of lights, two young locals doubling as angels take in the big tent at Circus Osorio on Tuesday, May 18.

Gail McClelland of Scotts Valley got creative in fundraising for the June 6 marathon she is set to run for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training in San Diego.

Laurie Pina, a Montevalle mobile-home park resident, uses 50 percent less water than the average person in Scotts Valley. The 55-year-old conservationist does all her outdoor watering by hand, uses mulch to keep the soil moist, and has replaced most of her landscape with drought-tolerant plants.

The Scotts Valley City Council unanimously voted to enter 150-day agreement with a new developer to move forward with plans for the city’s much anticipated Town Center.