For the last few years before the Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai club has its annual show I've been honored to visit one of the members for a tour of their personal bonsai collection. Last year, I viewed Marc Shaw's collection in Ben Lomond. Marc is currently serving as president of the club. The year before, I visited former president Ron Anderson's home in Boulder Creek. Both wowed me with their talent creating such amazing specimens.

After coming off a 1-2 weekend tournament showing, the San Lorenzo Valley High School girls softball team returned to the diamond with a 12-0 throttling of visiting North Monterey County High School.

When Baldan Dashiev first stepped first foot on United States soil four years ago, he only knew a handful of English words.