Fishing in Monterey Bay has been consistent, and the weather has been calm on the ocean. Rock cod are still the hot pick, but salmon and halibut are also coming in. From the outer bay waters, albacore have been difficult to catch, but along the shore, striped bass continue to bite for surfcasters.
• Colton Michael Jones was born at 12:35 a.m. Aug. 4, 2010, to Amber Rose Gardner and Timothy Michael Jones of Boulder Creek. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.
Retired veterinarian Howard Carroll and his wife, Ruth, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Aug. 22 with a celebration at Felton Presbyterian Church.
Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates recently obtained a pledge from 40 of America’s wealthiest individuals and families. This Giving Pledge, as it is called, commits those individuals to giving away at least half their wealth during their lifetimes or after their death.
We’re in the dog days of August, and I couldn’t be happier. Not only is the weather heating up, but high school, college and professional football games are about to capture my interest until long after Christmas.
A young redhead blew hard one last time into her noise-maker vuvuzela, marking the end of the Soccer by the Bay Tournament in San Mateo on Aug. 21 and 22. When the echo of the horn had faded, her brother’s Scotts Valley-San Lorenzo Valley Thunder under-13 boys travel soccer team had defeated Livermore, 2-0, to claim third place in the competition that featured teams from all over California.
October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, and Scotts Valley Police Department is urging drivers to exercise extra caution to protect pedestrians.
According to the National...