The Scotts Valley Junction shopping center may be on its way toward becoming a destination for lovers of local libations with the recent opening of the Hophead Public House — a gastropub designed to, as owner Jay Patel says, “make craft food and craft beer accessible.”

The San Lorenzo Valley High varsity football team’s resurgent 2014 season came to an end on the south side of Monterey Bay last Friday, as the Pacific Grove High Breakers rode a second-half offensive onslaught to a 37-13 final score over the Cougars in the first round of the Central Coast Section playoffs.