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January has brought us the sunny weather the summer seemed to have missed. With the good weather, fishing and outdoor activities abound aplenty.

There is a new option for parents in Scotts Valley or San Lorenzo Valley who are looking for after school programing for their children. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County (BGCSCC) is just about ready to open the new Joe and Linda Aliberti Clubhouse on Scotts Valley Drive.

UPDATE:

I'd like to discuss tick bite and signs and symptoms of Lyme disease.

On October 7, 2011, Brookdale Lodge suffered substantial fire damage. On October 7, 2015, we still do not know the details of how that fire started at Brookdale Lodge, but we are finally seeing the burned sections of the lodge being torn down. Call this stage one of a renovation plan to restore the historic beauty of this landmark.

The president of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District Board of Directors this week declined to say how far the board would take its appeal of the conflict-of-interest case it if loses the second round of the court fight in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Friday, March 17.

It was a few minutes before midnight when I pulled onto my property in the Santa Cruz Mountains. There, captured in the bright car lights, was an adult, un-collared mountain lion looking up into a madrone tree. As I stopped, the cat turned and walked deliberatively back into the thick forest.