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Model Railroad Showcase set for April 13-14 California Central Coast Model Railroad Club will display its On30 modular railroad at Roaring Camp Railroads on April 13-14. These avid hobbyists will be exhibiting and operating their On30 modular railway in Bret Harte Hall, from 9:30am-3:30pm Saturday and...

While 2,400 students at Scotts Valley Schools, like many of their counterparts across the county, stared at dense fog with and without special UV-shielding glasses on Monday, Aug. 21, about 100 Boulder Creek Neighbors, fans of the popular Facebook page, gathered at Crest Farm near the of the tallest mountain  in the San Lorenzo Valley, Ben Lomond, overlooking Boulder Creek. There, above the morning fog, they relaxed in the morning sun, and with cameras, telescopes, pin-hole cameras, and special sunglasses, observed a solar-lunar phenomenon that captured the imagination of much of the U.S.

Sport fishing for Dungeness crabs started with a bang Nov. 6. Reports of crabs loading the pots were streaming in, followed up with happy stories of fresh steamed crab dinners. Meanwhile, rockfish season is closing, and steelhead fishing in the rivers is just around the corner.

Bryan Stow is the face—and body—of courage, grit and determination. His skull is partially sunken, his scalp is criss-crossed with surgical scars and he walks with the aid of crutches, yet Stow (not so humbly) embodies the characteristics that people admire, his wicked sense...

Sometimes we have the right people at the right place at the right time. Sometimes in-the-midst of tragedy and misfortune, the best of us shines and the stories we tell, uplifting.