Ben Lomond News

The Cocoanut Grove hosts the daylong poetry festival today. The event features performances from several poets and the Ultimate Book, Art and Memorabilia Fair.

A search turned up a plastic bag containing 17 Clonazepam pills. 1 a.m.: A man reported that someone had stolen things from his encampment at the Covered Bridge Park in Felton.

Elizabeth "Buttons" Smith's one-chair salon has been an oasis for 32 years, located in Ben Lomond's oldest building.

A sprinkle of rain and a southerly breeze were all that a small storm could muster on Monday night and Tuesday - providing the county with less than a 1/2 inch of rain in an unusually dry winter.

A mystical new store has moved to Scotts Valley, adding a touch of magic to the Kings Village Shopping Center.

A Santa Cruz man convicted in 2010 of stealing a Ben Lomond home will have to pay $1,895 in restitution to the rightful owners.

1:13 a.m.: A woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol on the 5900 block of Highway 9 in Felton.

A Santa Cruz-area woman who was arrested after she cut off the wrong driver on Highway 101 on Tuesday was wanted in Mendocino County in connection with a nasty incident in which three people are suspected of assaulting a Fort Bragg couple.

That's how former student and longtime friend Frank Bardacke described the political theorist who taught at the UC Berkeley, Deep Springs College and UC Santa Cruz.

California Highway Patrol officers arrived and arrested the man. 9:50 a.m.: A man was arrested on the 400 block of Creekside Way in Felton after deputies found that he had a warrant out for his arrest.

A nighttime fire burned a home in Ben Lomond last week but did not spread beyond the confines of the four-bedroom, three-bathroom house at 784 Arenosa Ave.

Marilyn Mickelwait and about a dozen others take part in a Zumba fitness class at Scotts Valley Senior Center on Tuesday, Jan.

Imagine a bank whose form of currency is time, not money. That's the mission of TimeBank Santa Cruz, a system of reciprocal service exchange that allows community members to trade services hour for hour.

For Susan O'Leary, owner of Graphfix, the pop art/pop culture store and frame shop downtown, it's been "a good ride" for eight years, but it's time to move on.

Karen Diamond, the owner of Felton's Virgo Rising, will move her business to King's Village in Scotts Valley.

Investigators say a blaze that gutted a Santa Cruz Mountains home and killed two dogs may have been caused by an indoor marijuana farm.

A fire that gutted a five-bedroom home on Arenosa Lane and claimed the lives of two dogs Monday night appears related to a marijuana grow on the home's bottom floor, authorities said.

Moe's Alley will host both Split Shot and Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles tonight.