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- Kameron Dyland Vega-Huerta was born to Maria De Los Angeles Huerta and Kristian Phillippe Vega of Felton at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 8, 2013. He weighed 9 pounds, 12 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

**Asher Emil Taff was born at 1:52 p.m. June 17, 2010, to Tyra Elaine (Sampson) and Lee Taff of Scotts Valley. He weighed 9 pounds, 15 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

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**Dempsey Brandon Diaz Fonseca was born at 8:18 a.m. July 9, 2010, to Rebeca Fonseca Torres and Erubial Diaz Cuevas of Boulder Creek. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

Owen Blake Biagiotti, a 6-pound boy, was born to Melissa Elizabeth Boynton and Blake Robert Biagiotti of Ben Lomond at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. He was born at 8:57 a.m. on May 23, 2015.

**Zoe Omaha Chaillou Boyd was born at 12:46 a.m. June 6, 2010, to Anne-Laure Marie Christine and Nathaniel Stewart Boyd of Boulder Creek. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

High-paying Silicon Valley employers like Google and Apple helped drive home prices up 16.9 percent in commuter-friendly Scotts Valley over the last 12 months, but new local and federal laws may cool that red-hot pace.

Once upon a time, honest, hardworking Americans who didn’t want to gamble with their money could put it in savings or money market accounts and collect a decent amount of interest. When they retired, the interest helped them pay their bills.