Ben Lomond News

Santa Cruz County sheriff's investigators following the case of a Ben Lomond man accused of molesting a seven-year-old girl are still seeking at least one other victim.

A Scotts Valley teen walking home from summer school was seriously injured Tuesday when a man suspected of being high on illegal drugs while driving his pickup on Highway 9 hit the boy from behind and threw him 30 feet, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The second person implicated in an alleged scheme to take ownership of a Ben Lomond home that wasn't theirs pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday, per the judge's order.

Don't be alarmed if you see smoke billowing up from Skyline Boulevard Wednesday.

Jul 07 2009 It's More Than Madoff I scoffed when Bernie Madoff ,through his lawyers, asked for a twelve year sentence in his fraud case.

What: 114th Annual Alba Schoolhouse 4th of July Benefit BBQ When: July 4, 2009 11:30am to 3pm Where: Alba Schoolhouse, Ben Lomond Cost: Admission is free Come celebrate the 114th Annual Alba Schoolhouse 4th of July Benefit Barbecue at the Little Red Schoolhouse on Alba Road in Ben Lomond from 11:30am to 3pm.

Ben Lomond resident Ralph Le Roux receives his naturalization certificate from U.S. immigration officer John Gonzalez.

Sophia Jasmin-Elizabeth Stewman was born at 2:30 p.m. June 11, 2009, to Jacquelyn Eraina and Casey Jubilee Stewman of Boulder Creek.

I would like to give a heartfelt thank you from myself and the Equality Action Project to: the Darling House, Engfer's, Kianti's, Michael's on Main, Ristorante Avanti, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Saturn Cafe, Soif and VinoCruz.

Fly the Coop: Cynthia Sandberg of Ben Lomond holds one of her chickens, various breeds of which produce eggs of different colors.

State Parks officials are still looking for two people suspected of illegal drug activity in Henry Cowell State Park Tuesday.

The man accused of moving into a home that wasn't his was arrested Monday. The District Attorney's Office says Daniel Judd, of Los Gatos, was complicit in the fraudulent purchase of a Hubbard Gulch Drive house owned by a couple who returned from vacation and found their locks rekeyed, their furniture gone and Judd living there.

U.S. Army Pfc. Harper H. Evans, son of Daja Evans of Scotts Valley, has completed combat training at Fort Jackson, in Columbia, S.C., with honors.

The first thing you see at Pump'd Inflatable Fun Center is a blur of small people jumping up and down and scrambling over huge, colorful tube structures fat with air.

Santa Cruz County Sheriffa s Office June 9 An arrest warrant was issued for Michael Koselka, 54, of Aptos for serial armed robberies, including one at the Union Bank branch in Felton on Nov.

The SLV Museum is hosting a historical talk by local historian Lucia MacLean on 'The Little Red Schoolhouse - A Look Into Our Past' being held at the historic Alba School located at 12070 Alba Road in Ben Lomond.

Desperate homeowners on rooftops with garden hoses. Planes dropping bright red fire retardant.

A small blaze ignited in the woods above a quiet neighborhood Tuesday morning, stoking concerns that this summer's fire season could erupt at any time.

From the end of his plumed tail to the tip of his beak, Albert the peacock is dazzling white, so when he would sit on rooftops of Boulder Creek neighborhoods, he was hard to miss.

Detectives say a Ben Lomond man admitted he molested his friends' 7-year-old daughter and two other girls, but sheriff's deputies have yet to locate all of the victims and are asking them to come forward.