The Highlander, formerly the Ben Lomond Courier, had stopped publishing. It was 1960, and the rainy season had begun in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Valley businesses such as Roy’s Market and Johnnie’s Super had no way to advertise their holiday specials. Schools had no place to list their holiday concerts. There were no other media.
On Thursday, November 17 the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals, a body of elected officials convened by Congressional representatives Anna Eshoo, Sam Farr, and Jackie Speier to address jet noise, voted 8-4 to shift the SERFR arrival flight path from Happy Valley and Los Gatos to a legacy path called BSR (BIGSUR). During earlier meetings a new flight path was proposed (referred to as DAVYJ but using the BSR track) which overflies Santa Cruz, San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley, and Bonny Doon in Santa Cruz County.
I am writing this letter to give our personal thank you to each and every one who prayed for us and gave us your thoughts, sent cards and flowers and whatever else you could have possibly done to help us through the two months of hospital stay and this last month of home recuperation we have endured.
Proposition 51 will provide badly needed state grant funds to school districts all over the state, and will continue the successful School Facility Program – one of California’s most successful state and local partnerships.
San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) is inviting local residents to join its standing committees, with the deadline for applications now extended to Jan....