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Ben Lomond Soup Line debuts to feed homeless

Ben Lomond resident Dannon Black organized a soup line to help feed the homeless at Spanky’s Cafe on Sunday, Dec. 21 — something he hopes will become a regular event.

Letters & Shout-outs

Letter: Voting ‘yes’ on Lompico merger will help preserve quality of life

Dispatch Log (Jan. 2, 2015)

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Your Health: Looking back on 2014

Wow, what a year.

Guest Column: A look back on 2014 in the Fifth District

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” – Oprah Winfrey

Datebook (Jan. 2, 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.

The Mountain Gardener: Outdoor flowering plants that hold up in winter weather

Between holidays and storms, I’m spending more time looking out the windows at the garden than I am actually outside in it. We have been fortunate to have received so much rain. We welcome it. We embrace it knowing that the trees are getting a deep soak and the aquifer rejoices.

It’s the Law: An unwelcome Christmas present

A week or two ago, a Scotts Valley family received an early Christmas present — a couch, chair and love seat. It was an anonymous gift. A Good Samaritan you ask? Afraid not. The furniture was beaten up and useless, deposited on the property by someone too lazy or cheap, but likely both, to drive to the dump.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis of the Valleys

Let’s Go Fishin’: Lighted whistle buoy set to hold anchor

After early season proposals to remove the iconic “Mile Buoy” from Santa Cruz, it appears it has been replaced with a new model and is here to stay.

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Johnson wins dismissal of attempted human trafficking charges, DA refiles

He was the sort of guy who could paint a sandwich board with a creative flair. He went by the moniker “Oakengard” and was...