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January 14, 2026

Basketball Roundup: Cougar boys even their league record

The San Lorenzo Valley varsity boys basketball team is 2-2 in league play after beating Aptos High, 52-48, and falling to Harbor High, 50-40, last week.

Bethany women trounced by Menlo

The Bethany women’s team did not fare as well as the men last week, falling 81-51 to Menlo on Jan. 14.

Falcon wrestlers take down Soquel

Scotts Valley High wrestler Drake Smith grapples his Soquel High opponent in the 215-pound class Wednesday, Jan. 20. He lost a close decision, but the Falcons won the league match 36-26.

Editorial: Long-term solution to park problem

Many of you will be approached in the next few months by someone carrying a clipboard and asking you to sign a petition to save California’s state parks.

The Mountain Gardener: Make your habitat a wildlife habitat, too

One of my resolutions this year is to get my garden certified as a wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.

Nature Friendly: Visitors at the edge of wildness

In between the raindrops, I found a dry space to spend time in during a visit to Fall Creek in Henry Cowell State Park.

New Faces

• Felicity Portia Rosemary Boddy Strong was born at 12:52 p.m. Nov. 30, 2009, to Michele Avril (Boddy) and Paul David Strong of Scotts Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Sports Shorts

Bethany men throttled despite Moore’s 30

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Roadwork

One week of overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton...

Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Monday, Jan. 12, as part of utility relocation work. Travelers on Highway 9,...