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September 16, 2025

Stewardship Aims to Get ‘Teens on Trails’

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If you’ve visited the new trails at San Vicente Redwoods or witnessed the rebuilding of Big Basin’s accessibility, you have the good people with Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship (SCMTS) to thank.  Founded in 1997, and initially known as the “Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz,”...

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Brookdale spirit still spooks ghost hunter

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.

Crunch Time: Bay Area excitement on the rise

We’re in the dog days of August, and I couldn’t be happier. Not only is the weather heating up, but high school, college and professional football games are about to capture my interest until long after Christmas.

Talk about money: Electricity viable on the streets

As I filled my gas tank and watched the meter on the pump roll past $50, then $60, then $70, I couldn’t help but think of Jay Friedland, who drives an electric vehicle and says the only time he pulls into a gas station is to fill his tires with air.

It’s the Law: ‘Chicken Man’ tackles feathered nuisance

Some years ago, my wife, Renae, put our baby daughter in a pack and went to take a walk. But pecking and pooping peacefully upon our lawn was a flock of common domestic fowl whose mortal enemy is a colonel in Kentucky.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...