The Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley high school track and field teams each had multiple winners in individual events at the May 5 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship in Felton.
One of the perks of writing this gardening column for the Press-Banner is being invited to visit beautiful gardens. I recently had the honor of touring the garden of fellow columnist Colly Gruczelak, writer of “Plain Talk About Food,” at her home in Ben Lomond.
Centuries before Californians slashed and burned the natural treasures of Fall Creek to make lime, Aztecs were mining limestone on a large scale to create roads and buildings in Mexico. Scientists, like Santa Cruz geologist Frank Perry, say that is what led to the downfall of their civilization.
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- Naomi Corinne Adams was born at 12:27 p.m. April 25, 2012, to Ingrid Corinne and Zachary Michael Adams of Scotts Valley. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.