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Santa Cruz Trains: Filbert and the ghost of Joseph Peery

Once long ago, just to the south of Boulder Creek, there was another small town called Lorenzo. This unimaginatively named settlement was the brainchild of local lumberman and entrepreneur, Joseph Wilburn Peery.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis of the Valleys

Datebook (Jan. 30, 2015)

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

Letters and Shout-outs

Letter: The real cost of measure N bond

Girls’ soccer heats up for soaring Falcons, struggling Cougars

Approximately one-third of the way into the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League season, the varsity girls’ soccer teams at Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley High schools appear to be headed in wildly different directions.

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Falcon boys’ varsity soccer tops Soquel 2-0

The Mountain Gardener: What landscape designers grow in their own gardens

It probably won’t come as a big surprise to you that I have a lot of friends that are also landscape designers.

Datebook (Jan. 23, 2015)

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

New Faces (Jan. 23, 2015)

Joey Canepa Sargent, a 6-pound 15-ounce boy, was born to Marlee Elise (McGuffick) and Nathan Robert Sargent of Ben Lomond at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He was born at 9:57 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2014.

Commentary: Measure N offers most stable future for Lompico’s water

I am a 24-year resident of Lompico, and would like to thank voters for electing and re-electing me as a Director of the Lompico County Water District (LCWD) in 2008 and 2012.

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Cal Fire firefighter looks at pile burn area

Despite high temps and pile-burning setbacks, fire officials aren’t worrying just yet

Scott Weese, a division chief with Cal Fire CZU, spends plenty of time pouring over forest-fuel-environment maps and briefing safety crews on weather conditions. The...