Allie Pomianowski, a 2007 San Lorenzo Valley High School graduate, is back at home after spending months in the hospital following a car accident that broke her neck, leaving her a quadriplegic.

Taryn Segal and Ariana Davis hold a trash bag as Annie Heinz (right) picks up rubbish along Scotts Valley Drive on Oct. 24 for Make A Difference Day. Quinn Smith helps out in the background. Scotts Valley Brownie, Junior, Cadette and Senior troops picked up a total of 85 pounds of trash that day. “(It) may not sound like much, but that is about eight cubic yards, which is enough to fill a large dumpster, and that’s quite a lot,” Scotts Valley Public Works Director Ken Anderson said.

Vietnam War veteran Ed Butler, Ben Lomond's former fire chief, took advantage of the holiday by attending Veterans Day ceremonies in Santa Cruz today.

Thomas Francis DeMayo of Ben Lomond has pleaded guilty to molesting the young daughter of a longtime friend and faces at least 24 years in prison, according to the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office.

Tom Nordland is not your typical success story. He turns 70 soon, and it might be difficult to imagine him as a high school scoring champion.

A few small needles stick out of the ear of a man sitting in a circle of patients as soft music and the sweet aroma of incense waft through the Balance Studio Spa in Felton.

Laurel Jacobson of Scotts Valley wears her tae kwon do second-degree black belt cinched around her waist with gusto: She can spar, break through boards and pose in the art’s many forms with ease.