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10 stories in 2026
Rise & Climb: Finding Purpose — Through Pain
The road on the cover of my memoir, Rise & Climb: Finding Purpose Through Pain, is Morrill Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The person walking down it is me. The redwoods still bear the…
By Ben Barbic · October 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 10
I am delighted to announce the October 23 release of Death on the Graf Zeppelin. This deeply researched historical mystery features the real-life Lady Grace Drummond-Hay as the sleuth. In…
By Shelley Adina Bates · October 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 10
Loma Prieta Club
Receiving our very first Mesa Awards are Marina Jackson and Aldo Bernal. Established by a generous donation to the Loma Prieta Club by Gil and Barbara Mesa (LGHS Class of ‘62), these…
By Patti Hughes · October 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 10
originally from the Central Valley and a leader of the Indigenous people at Mission Santa Clara, finally had enough. Around 1831, Yozcolo, also called the “bandit Indian,” led a massive…
By Debra Staab · October 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 10
We stumbled upon this month’s adventure while on a quest to find the large mushroom sculptures that used to be part of Santa’s Village, a Christmas-themed amusement park in Scotts Valley…
By Kathy McKinney · October 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 10
much of present-day Scotts Valley Hiram constructed the house of locally milled redwood in the Greek revival style. Some of the redwood planks in the ceiling are impressively wide…
By Kathy McKinney · October 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 10
P.E.O. Scholarships
Loma Prieta and C.T. English alumni Alexis Dorn, Sierra Fong, Mia Fong, and Michaela France were recently awarded generous scholarships from the Philanthropic Educational Organization…
By Carolyn Dufort · August 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 8
March 10, 1933 - May 11, 2026 Ralph Zerweck was born in Oakland, the oldest of three children of Ernest (Ernie) and Mary New Zerweck. The family moved to 14th Street in San Jose, where he…
By Ralph Ernest Zerweck · July 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 7
Gerhard Fritz Schlecht, aged 90, passed away at home October 8, 2025. He was born March 11, 1935 in Kirchheim, Germany. Gerhard spent the first 19 years of his life in Germany, enduring the…
By Gerhard Fritz Schlecht · January 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 1
Sandy Rappaport passd away on November 17, 2025, at her home in Chandler, Arizona. She was 82 years old. Sandy was born in Seattle, Washington, on February 11, 1943. Her parents were…
By Sandy Rappaport · January 2026 · Volume MMXXVI, Number 1