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Vernon Vargas lifts 5-year-old Maxton Alessi at the Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts in Scotts Valley, the city’s largest arena dedicated to gymnastics. Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner Winter rainfall eases drought worries
It’s obvious Vernon Vargas loves what he does — teaching kids the arts of acrobatics that seem to defy gravity.
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SLV schools cut positions
Based on declining enrollment, the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District will not re-employ the equivalent of 3.8 full-time employees in 2010-11.
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Courtesy of Cecilia Kelly Local students tune up for show
A group of actors from San Lorenzo Valley High School will perform the spring musical, “A Chorus Line.”
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Fire Chief Mike McMurry hands a rivet to Marc Winquist (on ladder), both Scotts Valley Rotary members, as they post a sign in front of Siltanen Park in Scotts Valley. Mark Rosenburg/Press-Banner Valley People: SV Rotary posts roadside signs
The Rotary Club of Scotts Valley last week posted nine signs near schools around town.
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State budget crisis puts teachers on cutting block in Scotts Valley
School Board to vote on first round of “pink slips” on Tuesday
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Cooks Pepe Cerrano (left) and Jose Garcia prepare food in a temporary kitchen trailer behind Bethany University’s chapel, which was converted to a dining hall after the cafeteria burned to the ground in June. Work on a new student center will begin in April. Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner Bethany cafeteria, student hub on the way
A three-story student center will rise from the ashes of the blaze that destroyed Bethany University’s cafeteria last summer.
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VCUM budget tops $1M
by Michelle Camerlingo / Press-Banner
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Ben Lomond’s Valley Churches United Missions reached $1 million, with more than half of that amount making up item donations like food, new school supplies, and unused blankets.
Cal Fire: Unattended fire sparked Lockheed blaze
by Peter Burke / Press-Banner
Mar 04, 2010 | 5 5 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Cal Fire officials announced Feb. 26 that an unattended fire on a small private parcel of land on Lehi Road started the 8,000 acre Lockheed Fire last August.
Business association drops art, wine fest
by Peter Burke / Press-Banner
Mar 04, 2010 | 4 4 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A nearly $10,000 loss during an event meant to be one of the Boulder Creek Business Association’s largest fundraisers has caused the group to drop its sponsorship.
Hazards of winter in tree country
by Lucjan Szewczyk
Mar 04, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A large oak tree fell on a home on Boulder Creek's Nellie Lane Wednesday afternoon, blocking the front door.
Breaking news: Felton man charged with girlfriend's death
by PB staff
Mar 01, 2010 | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
A Felton man was arrested for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death on Sunday night, Feb. 28.
Budding business in Boulder Creek
by Michelle Camerlingo / Press-Banner
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Marc Whitehill is trying to turn his San Lorenzo Valley dispensary into a collective at which local growers can sell their medical marijuana without having to resort to black-market transactions.