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On March 13th Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County temporarily closed their doors to ensure the safety of their members and staff amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, rather than retreat they have responded with resiliency and determination to ensure continuance of programs for youth and families by offering childcare to essential and emergency workers and developing structured summer camp sessions that are fun, safe and designed to prepare kids for reentering school. 

The fallen branches have been neatly arranged along a rock border next to the La Placa Family Bakery parking lot as the sun streams down through the redwoods to the red translucent awning, but here along Highway 9 in Ben Lomond, the storms are...

The San Lorenzo Valley IOOF recreational softball league crowned its spring champions prior to beginning its summer season.

August 2024 marked the four-year anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire ripping through the Santa Cruz Mountains. Through fundraisers, educational forums and memorial events, residents—including victims of the fire who remain in the area—have gathered to support and assist fellow survivors in their...

There was something too good to be true about the Andersons. The young English couple burst upon the local social scene in the summer of 1897. “Nobody appeared to know who the H. Francis Andersons were,” recalled one gossip columnist, “but it was evident to Santa Cruzans that they possessed an abundance of the long green and were willing to spend it with lavish hands.”