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As a third-generation helper of the homeless, there are a lot of stories to tell. My paternal grandfather was homeless during the Great Depression. He walked on foot from Arizona to New York City where he was arrested for vagrancy. Once married and settled down, he regularly brought home vagrants for dinner and let them spend a night or two in the basement. One time he read on the front page of the morning paper that the fellow he’d fed, housed, and shared breakfast with that very day had robbed a bank the day before and was on the run.

Head Coach Dave Poetzinger returns for another season of leading the Cougars’ football team. For 20 years, Poetzinger was the right-hand man of retired coach Doug Morris. During that era, the Cougars won the numerous Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s football titles and made high rounds of CCS tournament. Some refer to that time as the ‘glory years’ for the Cougars. Last year, SLVHS returned to the CCS playoffs for the first time since 2010, with 8-3 overall, 4-1 league record and Poetzinger was voted league's Coach of the Year.

The suspense thriller is a movie genre synonymous with Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, and for him and his fans, they were a way of life. Born in 1899 on the outskirts of East London, the man who came to be known as “The Master of...

It was a sell-out crowd for the big Alfred Hitchcock Festival opener last weekend at the new performing arts center in Scotts Valley. The life-size bird replica on his left shoulder of one attendee was proof of just how engaged local residents were in the...

Students in the San Lorenzo Valley (SLV) have firsthand knowledge of the devastation fire can leave behind. Fire safety and fire prevention in their community, now more than ever, are a top priority. Thanks to a federal grant, the community has access to specialized education...

Our country contemplates late Spring with a hundred thousand of us turning to leaves of grass.  In the San Lorenzo and Scotts Valleys, the lady in ACE pleads for patience with COVID waiting lines; Americans tolerate one-way signs in store aisles; Felton rental truck employees refuse good work; and the Boulder Creek hair stylist sues the state to reopen.   Labor Day celebrations and protests in crowds show massive impatience—but haven’t led to mass outbreaks of disease.  High unemployment payments, food stamps, and closed schools discourage the work most want even when workplaces and Chambers can open.  Viral regulations to disperse crowds make business inefficient when operational: distancing and extra cleanup reduce store capacities.  Short unexpected contagion, Americans must return to work before government follows business to bankruptcy.  Republicans play cards for chance while Democrats play for caution; both reward special interests as they gamble elections on life and death.