Sparsely furnished but lovingly tended, Danny Lazzarini and Andrew Seidman's Watsonville home looks like that of any other contemporary young couple. That is, until you reach the kitchen and step back in time.

Tracy Abellera was so impressed with the 30-pound pumpkin husband Joe grew in his first garden at their new home on East Lake Avenue that she picked it up and took it to the Santa Cruz County Fair.

A deal for an October rodeo at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds has fallen apart. Stars of Justice, a nonprofit offshoot of the Santa Cruz County Deputies Association, planned the rodeo to raise money for youth programs.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments:

Rodeo's making a comeback in Santa Cruz County after a quarter-century break. The Santa Cruz County Fair board voted 4-2 Tuesday to rent the fairgrounds to Stars of Justice Inc., a nonprofit offshoot of the Santa Cruz County Deputy Sheriffs Association, for a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association-sanctioned event Oct. 2-3.

Michael Bethke will replace John Kegebein as Santa Cruz County Fair manager on April 1.