It’s the law: A eulogy for my dear friend, Jake
A few months back, I wrote a column on the law regarding good Samaritans. It was partly inspired by an incident in my late teens while driving with my good friend, Jake, who thought we had hit someone with his car. For those with a very keen memory, they will recall that Jake was the only one in our car of five teenagers who instantly sprinted back to see if he could help whoever had been hit.
New troupe shakes up Santa Cruz with musical ‘Heathers’
In the world of theater where name recognition is everything for a performance company, Renegade Theater is firmly stamping its signature on the Santa Cruz theater scene.
Armed with talent, passion and a thirst for diversity, the theater troupe—founded by Kyle Vasquez (she/her) in September...
Plain Talk about Food: Chicken tortilla soup under the clothesline
Each Monday morning from my kitchen window I would watch Anna, my mother-in-law carry her tattered, oilcloth-lined laundry basket from her house through to her backyard. Setting her basket on a tree stump next to the clothesline, Anna would begin her weekly ritual.
Scotts Valley teen heads east to play hockey
A Scotts Valley 17-year-old has headed to Minnesota to pursue his dream of playing ice hockey at a Division I university.
Classic tale at SLVMS
The San Lorenzo Valley Middle School production of “Annie Jr.” began Thursday and will run through Dec. 17.
California aviation history demonstrated at Scotts Valley Library
Who knew there is a huge California connection with the early history of aviation? Local Craig S. Harwood, engineering geologist related to John J. Montgomery, knew. He and Gary B. Fogel wrote, “Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West.”
Scarborough Lumber owner proud of community’s response to storms
Ben Lomond resident Krista Scarborough, whose family owns Scarborough Lumber, spent the first few weeks of 2023 questioning whether the ever-intensifying weather systems could fairly be compared with the historic storms 41 years ago that killed 33 people.
“When it first started, I was downplaying...
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...