The rain last week was welcomed by all of us who like to watch things grow. There's a patch of grass growing beside a creek where I live that is the brightest neon green I've ever seen. Whether you call it apple green, lime green or chartreuse, it shouts that spring officially started Tuesday, March 20, the vernal equinox.
- Mateo Valente Sotelo was born at 7:45 p.m. March 9, 2012, to Bessie Pearl (Mahony) and Manuel Arteaga Sotelo of Boulder Creek. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.
Since her childhood, Judy Newman, the tennis director at La Madrona Swim & Racquet Club and coach of the Scotts Valley High girls team, dreamed of playing tennis at the highest level. Today, she lives that dream.