The All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League teams have been announced, and a host of Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley athletes were honored by coaches.
Outside my window, there’s a feast going on. The gingko trees are clothed in bright yellow leaves, but soon, they will drop every leaf on almost the same day and cover the ground like carpeting. It’s a feast for the eyes.
The San Lorenzo Valley varsity boys basketball team opened practice Monday night, Dec. 7, by running more than a dozen suicides — sprints from baseline to free-throw line, half court, the opposite free-throw line and the opposite baseline. In between suicides, the varsity team shot free throws.
• Ellie Diane Smith was born at 4:21 a.m. Nov. 22, 2009, to Elizabeth Diane (Fox) and Jason Michael Hammond Smith of Felton. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.
Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Tuesday, Jan. 20, as part of utility relocation work.
Between Kirby Street and...