Easy rider
With a little help from his friends — and siblings — Scotts Valley High School senior Ben Gomez Villafañe has pedaled into rarefied air in the world of cyclo-cross racing.
Young musicians benefit from concert series
After the ninth summer of the Music at Skypark concert series, Kiwanis of the Valleys was able to give $16,000 to music education in Scotts Valley.
There’s an ornamental grass for every garden
One of the most dramatic sites in a garden is an ornamental grass backlit by late afternoon sun. They seem to come alive as their tawny flowers spikes glow and sway in the breeze. Their gentle movement and soft whispering sounds can bring your garden to life as few other plants do.
Winter’s storm and The Swing
This last winter’s great storm took its toll on my life as it once had been. My beloved Hubby Norman passed from this life during the height of this storm, leaving me bereft and full of doubts. “How could I have let this happen, how could I have let him leave me”? Those words kept repeating over and over in my mind.
Ember Flash named semifinalist in XPRIZE Wildfire competition
Ember Flash Aerospace, a Santa Cruz County company with deep ties in the San Lorenzo Valley, has been named a semifinalist in the XPRIZE...
