Seven-year-old Cani Johnson flashed a toothy grin as she stepped on a giant floor piano during a music lesson at San Lorenzo Valley Elementary School. Behind her, several other second-graders lined up excitedly for a turn to test their newly acquired note and pitch knowledge.
Sheriff’s deputies continue their search for a second attacker in a double stabbing at Felton Covered Bridge Park this month that left two men severely injured after a drug deal gone bad.
Margaret Mary (Falco) Thompson, founder of the historical Tree Circus amusement park, died Dec. 14 at her Bean Creek home in Scotts Valley. She was 86.
Members of Camp Recovery Center joined local union representatives and a few politicians this week as they marched with picket signs in front of the Scotts Valley drug and alcohol rehabilitation center to protest wages, benefits and working conditions.
A group led by Boulder Creek’s Arlene LaBorde and Kay Tomagni delivered 182 baskets and shoeboxes full of goodies to residents of the Santa Cruz Skilled Nursing Center in Live Oak last week.