Spring has sprung, and along with it the arrival of new spring programs at Boulder Creek Recreation. The spring program guide is online at www.bcrpd.org and includes weekend art class, preschool programs, break dancing, youth basketball, crafts, capoeira, line dance, Jazzercise, qigong, Zumba, yoga, scrapbooking and much more. For information, contact District Manager Hallie Greene at [email protected].

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- Elayna Michelle Marchewka was born at 12:42 p.m. Jan. 23, 2012, to Rayanna Betty (Raynal) and Dominic Marchewka of Felton. She weighed 9 pounds at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

For decades, the last wolf in California had been documented in 1924. It was a three-legged, emaciated thing that was shot in Lassen County. But Dec. 28, a wolf returned.

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected], or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

Remember when your parents advised you that buying a house was a good investment? For the second half of the 20th century, that was sound advice. But for the past six years, it’s been dead wrong.

Eight years ago, while working with a personal training client (let’s call her Hanna), I suggested she integrate some running into her fitness plan. In a hushed voice, with eyes downcast, Hanna confided that since having her second child, she could no longer run, because her bladder was too weak.

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly altered. This can occur when a clot in a blood vessel blocks blood flow to brain tissue, or when a burst blood vessel causes a part of the brain to drown in its own blood. These conditions cause brain cells to die or at least become damaged, which can cause temporary or permanent changes in body and mind function. Every year, 800,000 Americans have a stroke.