Ben Lomond News

At Felton's Quail Hollow Montessori preschool's 3- through 5-year-olds class, Mason Stark experimwents with a volcano under the watchful eye of teacher Michal Lauren.

Bluzar Blue is looking for a band. Well, sort of. The Boulder Creek musician-turned-playwright seeks four aspiring young musicians to play cast members in his rock-musical, "The Gyromantics," depicting a garage band that almost makes it to the top.

Nine-year-old Nicky Williams is nervous but prepared for her role as an angel in the Moscow Ballet's coming production of "The Nutcracker." With her sandy-colored ringlets, big blue eyes and demure demeanor, Nicky seems to fit the part perfectly.

Vietnam War veteran Ed Butler, Ben Lomond's former fire chief, took advantage of the holiday by attending Veterans Day ceremonies in Santa Cruz today.

Volunteers will hold a food drive at the Scotts Valley Safeway today and Nov. 21 to support Valley Churches United Missions' Valley Thanksgiving Project.

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.

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.

Old Country Road in Ben Lomond was transformed Saturday night, which was Halloween.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The storm damage on Eureka Canyon Road was something property owner Larry Berk expected a year ago.

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 ...

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.

Chris Wright kneels next to a clogged storm drain as rain falls in Ben Lomond, Calif.