Port and sherry are two wines that are often misunderstood and frequently underappreciated.

Scotts Valley Little League

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s May revise of the 2010-11 budget represents a cynical attack on the most vulnerable people in California.

• Laila Jane Maloney was born at 3:48 p.m. May 3, 2010, to Jennifer Nicole Grijalva and Louis Scotts Maloney of Mount Hermon. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

At a retirement party for a longtime Scotts Valley teacher, I bumped into Tricia Webber, who works for the county elections department coordinating and training all the polling place staff for Election Day.

I am very disappointed in the students and staff of Bethany University. All of the kids have left their dorms for the summer, and when they cleaned out their dorms, one Dumpster was supplied. In it went perfectly good rugs, many couches, good tables and bags full of perfectly good clothing.

Saturday, May 22