Tag: Ben Lomond
Letters to the Editor | Published June 9, 2023
The hard truth
Regarding Lynn McKibbin’s May 19 letter, “Dignity Health Closes Boulder Creek Clinic,” I had a prior warning of what was to come...
Plain Talk About Food | There’s Something About Chickens
Growing up in the 1940s, every household in my family included a chicken coop in the backyard. And when families came together for holidays...
Plain Talk About Food | Jumping Frogs
“If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing...
ATM stolen from Spanky’s Café
After consecutive break-ins, Spanky’s Café in Ben Lomond is now missing an ATM.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office confirmed deputies responded to a report...
Dark comedy comes to Mountain Community Theater stage
Combine a touch of the macabre, plenty of belly laughs and some profoundly moving moments, and you’ve got the recipe for the perfect dark...
Plain Talk About Food | Soup/Salad and Let’s Talk
Having been raised by my elderly aunt who ran a boarding house for the workers at the nearby sawmill in the small town of...
Ben Lomond resident takes helm at Coffee 9
Mo L’Esperance got her start into food service at a pizza place in Southern California.
“I got hired as a cashier,” she recalled. “Within two...
Valley Churches United gears up for ‘Spring Thing’ sale
The day the big bomb cyclone came through the San Lorenzo Valley, Valley Churches United’s building in Ben Lomond became a hub of activity.
A...
Plain Talk About Food | Under the Clothesline
If you have never buried your face in a pillowcase or pulled sheets over your head at night that have been drying in the...
Residents get update on post-storm recovery during meeting in Ben Lomond
On Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had already assisted around 100 residents at the Disaster Recovery Center in Felton, which was...
Motorcyclist suffers major injuries in Highway 9 crash near Sempervirens Point
A San Jose motorcyclist suffered major injuries Tuesday evening after crashing on Highway 9 south of Sempervirens Point, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The...
