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   December 22, 2004     Saratoga, California Since 1955
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Ricky Bunch was driving this Ford F150 on Christmas Eve 2002 when he missed a turn on Mt. Eden Road and crashed upside down in Calabazas Creek. The sweatshirt that he was wearing that night is still in the backseat of the truck, and the mangled Harley-Davidson insignia on the side of the vehicle now sits on Ricky's bedroom dresser. Ricky's rescue and recovery are nothing short of miraculous.
A Christmas Miracle
By Gloria I. Wang
Ricky Bunch has defied the odds ever since his Christmas Eve accident in 2002.  More
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'Geisha' movie Planning vote Lucia festivities
An Oscar-winning director and a cavalcade of international cinema stars will soon descend on Saratoga to shoot part of a film at the Hakone Gardens.  More The last time Tomo Galeb came to a meeting at the Saratoga Civic Theater, he stormed out in a huff.  More It's believed that the people of Sweden took to celebrating the feast of the Italian St. Lucy (or Sankta Lucia in Swedish) because the candle-intensive holiday falls during the darkest season in the Scandinavian country.  More
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A Christmas Miracle: Ricky Bunch has defied the odds
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