Falcon season ends on touchdown in final seconds
The Scotts Valley Falcons football team finished its season in heartbreaking fashion with a last-second loss in the first round of the Central Coast Section playoffs.
Cougars stifle Falcons again
For the second time this season, the San Lorenzo Valley Cougars finished ahead of their crosstown rival Scotts Valley Falcons, beating them in their own gym, 58-42, on Monday, Jan. 31.
Comedy Corner: Fried chicken and homelessness
It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday afternoon and I was driving down Mount Hermon Road when I noticed a homeless couple with a baby in a stroller standing in front of that whatchamacallit bank. (You know, Wacha-Wells-Co-Fargo-America-Whatever. It’s merged so many times, I have no clue what it’s called anymore.)
Talk about money: Occupy Washington, not Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are right to protest how the middle class is getting poorer while the rich get richer, but the location of their protests — in the world’s financial capital in New York — should be about 200 miles to the southwest, in Washington, D.C.
The Mountain Gardener: Eat your heart out with food-named plants
Have you noticed how many plant varieties are named after food?
Go World Cup: That costly, costly Cup
The World Cup is not just a sporting event — it is an economic stimulus package. To host the tournament, South Africa had to go on a spending spree, building new stadiums and revamping older ones.
News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025
Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...