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Ben Lomond resident Dyane Harwood is in the process of defeating her bipolar disorder, but she’s not doing it alone. She’s launching a peer support group at Mountain Community Resources in Felton for women with bipolar disorder or depression.

The Center for Animal Protection and Education (CAPE) has a wonderful program dedicated to rescuing older dogs and those with special needs.

As Enns brothers Andrew, 18, and Gabriel, 21, neared their Scotts Valley home around midnight on June 25—after heading up to Sacramento to celebrate their grandmother’s 75th birthday—they saw a car swerve off the road in front of them. “This vehicle traveling southbound on (Highway)...

Beginning August 29th, resources were made available for fire evacuees at the Kaiser Permanente Arena at 140 Front Street.  From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, community members can receive a meal and help from many organizations, including the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA), American Red Cross, and CAL FIRE.  According to Fifth District Supervisor, Bruce McPherson, almost 4,000 individuals have already been helped. Shannon Stabler, the Public & Community Relations Coordinator for the Arena, reports that the Recovery Resource Center will remain open “for at least 30 days, when we will reevaluate and see if the Center is still needed. So far, it’s been a great success, with such an outpour of support from so many organizations.”

First-time Open Studios Art Tour artist John Wells told his family he was going to apply for the annual county-wide art show for many years, and finally did this year. The Boulder Creek-based wood-turner will display his masterful bowls, vessels and platters turned from wood found in local forests during next weekend’s open studios.

A fire that broke out in a cabin at a construction company yard about a mile north of Ben Lomond on Tuesday spread to vehicles and storage containers on the property and left a man with serious burns, authorities said. A Ben Lomond Fire Protection...

The San Lorenzo Valley High School Science Building was renamed last month, to honor retired Science Teacher Preston Q. Boomer, for many years of dedicated teaching. 

The Bethany University campus has been sold to a Christian college based in San Francisco.

Another atmospheric river moved into San Jose and the Greater Bay Area from the coast this morning, and forecasters say things will get worse through Friday night. Heavy rain, strong wind, and thunderstorms are all expected. A spokesperson for the The National Weather Service said the...