The weather this winter has been fairly mild. Rainstorms since mid-January have kept the average low temperatures at night from dipping very low, and spring is right around the corner and on time.
• Mia Grace Furnish was born at 8:29 a.m. Feb. 24, 2010, to Kimberlee Diane (Henderson) and David Eric Furnish of Scotts Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.
Five boys runners — four seniors and a talented freshman — left for New York today to compete in the high school indoor track and field national championships.