Harvest Festival
The Lakeside School Community Foundation invites you to the annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, October 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Lakeside School, 19621 Black Road. Enjoy a scarecrow…
By Kathy McKinney · Page 5
27 Years Selling 95033 Check our reviews on Google and Yelp!eventsevents Las Cumbres Holiday Bazaar Vicki Perkins The Las Cumbres Holiday Bazaar returns on Sunday, November 16, from 10 a.m…
By Veteran Owned · Page 8
Capital-Gains Tax on Home Sales
The “No Tax on Home Sales Act,” recently introduced in Congress by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, has the real-estate world on alert—for good reason. If passed, it could reshape the…
By Keith Kanady · Page 12
Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Several years ago, the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council partnered with the San Jose Water Company, Santa Clara County Parks, Midpeninsula Regional…
By Project Updates · Page 13
Four Scholarships Awarded
Thanks to everyone in our community who supported the annual Loma Prieta Club Picnic and fundraiser. With your support, the Loma Prieta Club was able to award four scholarships to…
By Patti Hughes · Page 15
When most people think of the Adams Family, it conjures up images of Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, and cousin Itt, the creepy fictional Addams family from television and movie fame…
By Deb Staab · Page 22
Here’s what was making news in the Santa Cruz Mountains 30 years ago, at least according to the September/October 1995 issue of Mountain Network News. The county had just approved the…
By Kathy McKinney · Page 23
A lot can happen in 75 years. And it has, especially for Andrew (Andy) and Geneva (Jo) Radonich, who recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on August 20, 2025. The lifelong Los…
By Jesse Kimbrel · Page 14
Mount Umunhum
Mount Umunhum is 3,486 feet high. It may not be as tall as Loma Prieta, but it is the centerpiece of Midpeninsula Open Space’s largest preserve with more than 19,000 acres of grasslands…
By Neil Wiley · Page 18
For this month’s adventure, we climbed aboard the Niles Canyon Railway steam train in Fremont, for a 90-minute train ride through history. The Niles Canyon Railway is a heritage railway…
By Kathy McKinney · Page 20
How KEEP Funding Decisions — Really Happen
Have you wondered how LPEF decides what programs to fund? Or what happens when our KEEP campaign falls short? Here’s how it unfolded last year. Teachers’ Wish Lists. Every spring…
By Blyth Strachman · Page 26
Lexington School welcomes our families to the new school year, our 72nd year in our location off Old Santa Cruz Highway. Lexington was originally built in 1859 in the town of Lexington, as…
By Jason Deppong · Page 27
Back to Preschool
The start of preschool is a big day, not just for our students, but also for caregivers. We welcomed families back in September to start the new school year. There’s nothing quite like…
By Jessie Thorsen · Page 28