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Volunteers will hold a food drive at the Scotts Valley Safeway today and Nov. 21 to support Valley Churches United Missions' Valley Thanksgiving Project.
Even good kids can make a bad decision. My prayers are w...
Samuel Zehr, a 19-year-old from Ben Lomond, suffered major injuries when his Ford Mustang flipped on its side while he was driving on Love Creek Road.
Series of Serious Crashes Plagues County
The California Highway Patrol reported a run of daytime DUI accidents that caused four deaths, while other collisions around the county snarled traffic and sent victims to the hospital.
Creepy creatures on Halloween night
Old Country Road in Ben Lomond was transformed Saturday night, which was Halloween.
CHP: Ben Lomond man was under the influence when he crashed Saturday...
A 19-year-old Ben Lomond man was hurt when his Ford Mustang crashed on a mountain road Saturday night allegedly was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Two people were injured when their silver Ford Mustang rolled on Love Creek Road outside of Ben Lomond on Saturday night.
Families are invited to this fireside retelling the tale of William Waddell, the last Big Basin lumber mill owner.
Boulder Creek's White freed from prison after rally
Marchers who rallied with the slogan "Free Colter White" cross North Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz on their way to the county building Friday, Oct.
5. Hundreds in Calif. evacuated as wildfire destroys home
A wind-whipped fire that broke out early Sunday morning burned 600 acres west of Mount Madonna in Santa Cruz County, forcing the evacuation of up to 100 households.
Ryan Coonerty has been unfairly taking a beating in discussions around town after a remark he made regarding the Tyler Tenorio slaying was quoted out of context in the Sentinel.
BC recycling center down in the dumps
Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner slideshow Bags of feces, soiled tissues and kitty litter - all items that should be found in the garbage can or flushed down the toilet bowl.
County residents rebound from first big storm; digging out roads a...
The storm damage on Eureka Canyon Road was something property owner Larry Berk expected a year ago.
San Lorenzo Valley firefighters teach fire prevention in school
Boulder Creek volunteer firefighter David Dahl helps Boulder Creek Elementary School first-graders descend a ladder as they leave a simulated house fire in the fire prevention trailer operated by fire departments in the San Lorenzo Valley BOULDER CREEK -- Kevin McClish, chief of the Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Protection District, is picking up ...
Felton and Ben Lomond are great for kids
Discovery isn't always pretty. I might never have stumbled upon Felton and her sister town of Ben Lomond if my toddler hadn't, um, revisited an earlier meal all over himself on the way to Santa Cruz.
The Press-Banner will continue to update incidents in the North end of the county as they are reported to the local emergency dispatch centers.
First fire, now rain and mudslides threaten areas of California
Chris Wright kneels next to a clogged storm drain as rain falls in Ben Lomond, Calif.
Mudslide menace eases in Calif. as storm weakens
A powerful fall storm packing strong winds and rain eased Wednesday without causing the widespread mudslides and debris flows that California residents had feared.
Wet and windy storm breaks Santa Cruz rainfall record; dumps 10-plus inches in Ben Lomond
The first real post-summer storm, the wettest October system to hit the county in decades, brought more than 10 inches of rain to some San Lorenzo Valley areas and broke a daily rainfall record in Santa Cruz set more than 50 years ago, authorities said.
Calif. storm causes power outages, mudslide fears
Concrete barriers are installed in residential areas in La Canada, Calif., as Los Angeles County workmen prepare for the storm on Tuesday, Oct.
Biggest storm since 1962 closes roads, schools; Homes evacuated...
The biggest October storm since 1962 slammed into the Central Coast early Tuesday, causing major problems and delays on roads and freeways, prompting evacuations in slide-prone areas left vulnerable by fire and leading to power outages that shuttered San Lorenzo Valley schools.
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