Tag: Ben Lomond
Plain Talk About Food | A Watched Pot Never Boils
Benjamin Franklin, during the late 17th century, coined the phrase, “A watched pot never boils.” I am sure each of us has uttered that...
Scarborough Lumber owner proud of community’s response to storms
Ben Lomond resident Krista Scarborough, whose family owns Scarborough Lumber, spent the first few weeks of 2023 questioning whether the ever-intensifying weather systems could...
Plain Talk About Food | It’s ‘Tom and Jerry’ Weather
I was in the kitchen adding eggs to the batter in my Mixmaster when the lights began to blink, that tell-tale sign that our...
A Fresh Start for Longtime Radio Host
After nearly 31 years behind the microphone at KSCO, Ben Lomond resident and local celebrity Rosemary Chalmers is reinventing herself.
As the long-time host of...
Ben Lomond Man Dies in Highway Crash
A 61-year-old man from Ben Lomond died after his car veered off Highway 17 and smashed into a metal pole Sunday.
Just before 9am, Thomas...
Plain Talk About Food | Gong Xi Fa Cai
San Francisco’s Chinatown was my hubby and my destination to celebrate the Chinese New Year the first year we married. 1974 was the Year of...
The Grey Christmas Blouse
The blouse was grey, and the most beautiful blouse that this little 8-year-old girl had ever seen in her short lifetime. The blouse had...
Mobile homes destroyed in fire
Residents of the Redwoods on the River trailer park in Ben Lomond were told to flee as fire consumed a pair of mobile homes...
Ben Lomond Man Drowns After Car Crashes into Zayante Creek
A 78-year-old Ben Lomond man died on April 7 after his vehicle went off the road and into Zayante Creek, authorities said.
Don Daily was...
Newly-opened Veterans Village Provides Stability, Path for Healing
At an afternoon gathering in Ben Lomond Saturday, local service providers united to mark the opening of a housing project meant to help veterans...
Starbucks workers rally for unionization in Scotts Valley
On a drizzly Saturday afternoon in Scotts Valley, the rain came down softly but the voices of Starbucks baristas rose over the din of...
