Boulder Creek News

When: 6 to 10 p.m. Where: Boulder Creek Recreation Hall, 13333 Middleton Ave., in Boulder Creek Details: Starts with line dance and couples lessons, and then the dance floor opens at 7 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Lucile Packard Childrena s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House in Palo Alto.

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.

Expert mushroom hunter J.R. Blair will present hunting, safety, and cooking tips relating to our local mushroom varieties.

When: 3:30 to 5 p.m. Where: Boulder Creek Library amphitheater, 13390 W. Park Ave., in Boulder Creek Details: Hear three of Edgar Allan Poea s short stories read aloud in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Magical worlds, adventures and extraterrestrials stream through author Gayle Noble's mind faster than she can type them out.

Capitola Oct. 8, 7:26 p.m. Capitola Mall Gang Fight Capitola Police responded to a report of a fight involving a knife outside the mall and found two juvenile suspects, one of whom was injured.

Today is Colter White's day in court. White, a Cabrillo College honor student and ex-con, will have a closed-door hearing to determine if his parole should be revoked based on the statement of one man he had problems with at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.

Capitola has a small branch library, located on the corner of Wharf Road and Clares Street.

Brookdale Inn and Spa owner Sanjiv Kakkar was arrested on multiple charges this week by detectives with the Santa Cruz County District Attorneya s Office.

Are you aware that your body and your emotions are connected? When you experience a feeling it affects your body.

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 ...

"It was a very wet and very windy storm, but it didn't sit around too long, so that is good," Tentinger said.

Brookdale Inn and Spa owner Sanjiv Kakkar was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of not having workers compensation insurance, not paying an employees medical bill after he was hurt on the job and paying workers with checks that bounced, according to the District Attorney's Office.

I would like to give accolades to all of the volunteers who gave time and knowledge to the veterans at the stand down in Boulder Creek about a month ago.

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.

Toby and Jason Ames have attended Camp Harmon, a residential summer camp for people with disabilities, for the past 19 and 20 years, respectively.

The results are in, and a handful of local residents took home first-place ribbons and best-of-show awards at the 2009 Santa Cruz County Fair.

A fire that started near a barn-like building on a rural property Wednesday afternoon spread into the brush but was contained before it threatened nearby homes.

One man was hospitalized and a second arrested after their arguing escalated to violence on River Drive around 7:40 p.m. Monday.

The FBI is investigating an automated phone-call "phishing" scam referencing Liberty Bank, Jill Hitchman, first vice president of Liberty Bank, said Monday.