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No one was injured in a Saturday night fire north of Boulder Creek that consumed one home and spread throughout the surrounding natural area, authorities said. The fire began around 8:30pm on Aug. 2 and grew to about a quarter-acre in size over the next...

Middle and high schools in Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley will be honored with the Gold Ribbon Award, after successfully demonstrating academic programs that benefit education.

This past week I chatted with a very busy and well informed man, Robert Gray, the Felton Fire Protection District Chief.  While we covered much, Gray’s most important sentiment was advice for our community in the coming months, “Be patient out there.  There’s a lot of people hurting who have lost their homes. The community needs to be kind to each other right now.  That goes a long way for people in the recovery process…. Everyone is hurting in their own way, those that lost their homes, firefighters, those who had to evacuate. The fire fighters aren’t just shrugging off the 1,000 lost homes.  Every home you lose as a fire fighter hurts.  Some fire fighters in pain of losing homes in our community, and their own home.  Even those who haven’t lost their homes, but evacuated, are processing a lot of trauma.  Let’s use patience and kindness in our interactions, because we simply don’t know what someone could be going through.”

 

Those who have experienced a cancer diagnosis or watched a friend battle cancer know that it can be one of the most difficult experiences life has to offer.

Former valley resident John Robert Cronin Jr., 49, of Honesdale, Pa., died July 23.

Last year, Scotts Valley was the envy of Santa Cruz County and South Bay regions, holding a Fourth of July parade when almost no other locale was able to pull one off. This year, as communities like Boulder Creek brought theirs back, now that...