Oil, What’s it Good For?
“We should look for someone to eat and drink with
before looking for something to eat and drink.”
- Epicurus
While reaching for the mundane bottle of vegetable oil in the market, my eye caught the label on the bottle of avocado oil. Now, I love avocados...
ELECTION 2016: Measure D still too close to call
Measure D, which would levy a new half-cent Santa Cruz County sales tax to fund $17 million a year in transportation improvements, hovered just above the two-thirds margin required for approval this week.
Scotts Valley High School presents night of short musicals, plays
The theater students at Scotts Valley High School are bringing the drama again, this time with their winter production of “Deaths, Divas, and Dreams: A Night of 10-minute Musicals and Plays.”
The student-run show, directed by Sydney Clark and Ava Kreer, includes two 10-minute plays:...
Cougars top Falcons in hoops rivalry matchup
In a battle of crosstown rivals looking for their first win in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play, the San Lorenzo Valley High boys basketball team emerged the victors over the Scotts Valley Falcons in the “Back Alley Valley Bowl.”
Soquel outguns Cougars in water polo showdown
In a matchup between the top two girls water polo teams in the Tri-County Athletic League, the undefeated Soquel Knights (16-6, 13-0 TCAL) wore down the San Lorenzo Valley High School Cougars in a 15-9 battle for the top spot in league.
Scotts Valley graduate receives Teamsters scholarship
Violeta Dauksa of Scotts Valley has been named a recipient of a 2026 scholarship from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship Fund.
Dauksa is a...
