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Scotts Valley officially kicks off its holiday season on Saturday, Dec. 3 with its biggest Christmas Tree Lighting Festival ever.Co-sponsored by the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce and Gateway Bible Church, the event at the Scotts Valley Community Center will feature carriage rides by Clydesdale horses, two entertainment stages, dancers, food, students singing Christmas carols and live bands.As he did in Felton last weekend, Santa will arrive on a firetruck, with plenty of photo opportunities.      The event is from 4 to 7 p.m., and the tree lighting is expected to occur about 6 p.m.

There seems to be some confusion when it comes to understanding the difference between palliative care and hospice. They are both distinctive medical disciplines and often work together.

The San Lorenzo Valley High School Theatre Department is gearing up for its production of “The Lady Vanishes,” a comedy thriller adapted by Derek Webb from Ethel Lina White’s novel, which inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 classic film. The show is directed by SLV High School...

 In between storms, I’m itching to get outside and do something in the garden. It’s too early to cut back the perennials as some frosty nights are sure to come our way between now and mid-March. But it’s just the right time to start pruning the roses. It’s best to prune your roses before they start leafing out or some of their energy will be wasted.

If you grew up in the ’70s, the names Oscar and Felix are synonymous with uproarious laughter. From the 1965 Broadway hit to the 1968 film to the television series that ran for five years in the early ’70s, the madcap story of two...

In the months Roy Windom IV spent living in the same Boulder Creek house as Robert Brainard III, the man who was killed when a tree fell on his bedroom Feb. 4, they never really made a big deal about their names including Roman...