Local man to race in Monterey this weekend
Scotts Valley-based Canepa Design will race a handful of cars at the annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races this weekend.
Valley People: All-American Scholar
As a sixth-grader in 2008-09, Baymonte Christian School’s Lexi Stevens was named an All-American Scholar At-Large winner.
Year of Firsts: Nature Deficit Disorder
A reader left an online comment on my first column last week with a question about where I came from and why I moved here. I really didn’t think about it again until I sat down on my deck last night to read The New York Times on my Kindle.
Motor home gets too hot for comfort
A motor home parked behind the Scotts Valley Diner on Scotts Valley Drive burst into flames at noon Tuesday, Aug. 13.
Fire update: 5,036 acres consumed
Cal Fire reported at 8 p.m. today that 15 percent of the Lockheed Fire is under control after burning 5,036 acres over the last two days in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Bonny Doon.
Fire ravages 4,100 acres near Bonny Doon
UPDATE: Firefighters got a toehold overnight on the massive fire raging near Bonny Doon, reporting 5 percent containment on a fire that's now consumed 4,100 acres.
Bonny Doon resident pens her second mystery
As a little girl, Nancy Lynn Jarvis would curl up in bed at her grandmother’s house to read mystery after mystery.
Business Notes: Party, donations, food
Kelly Chew, owner of The Card Shark printing and graphic design, threw a pizza party at Santa Cruz Pizza Co. for the Scotts Valley Little League team his company sponsors.
Highway 9 drainage repairs south of Felton continue with daytime traffic...
Travelers on Highway 9 south of Felton will encounter daytime one-way traffic control as crews perform emergency repairs to drainage systems, announced Caltrans on...