The Scotts Valley Police Officers Association have started collecting toys and kids clothes to give to Valley Churches United to ensure every local child has a happy Christmas.

Once upon a time when our area was under the sea

Road to recovery made shorter through love, prayers

Events of the past few weeks force everyone to ask – What can we do? Who do you call if you have an emergency? How safe are we?

Imagine eight doctors and dentists landing in Saratoga and setting up a clinic for those who don't have health care. That's exactly what long-time local pilot Bill Rush and marketing executive Tom Hogan do in Mexico: they fly doctors and dentists in their private planes to small towns on the other side of the border, set up a clinic, and treat indigenous people who have no access to medical treatment.

More than two decades ago — before she was a well-recognized ghost hunter — Maryanne Porter had her first run-in with Sarah Logan, the lost soul who haunts the Brookdale Lodge.