An early look at the Sentinel's A1 for Nov. 30, 2010. (Photo by Shmuel Thaler)

Steam rises from frosted rooftops along Elzer Drive in Scotts Valley on Monday as the mercury in thermometers continued to drop. The National Weather Service listed local overnight temperatures in the low 30s, but actually above freezing. Why the frost on rooftops and ice on cars? National Weather Service Science Officer Warren Blier explains, that the temperature of the air at the level of the ground needs to be 32 to freeze, but official temperatures are taken from instruments located in instrument shelters located 6 feet off of the ground. Even if the official temperatures are higher than freezing, temperatures on the ground could be well below freezing. Also, surfaces that emit heat, such as metal car roofs, could get colder than the ambient temperature. The official forecast calls for a slight warming trend and rain probable on Thursday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

Cal Fire Captain Don Luis extinguishes hot spots in the wreckage of the Lundberg Studios showroom in Davenport which was destroyed by a fire early Wednesday morning. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

Fire captain Don Luis puts out hot spots at the Lundberg Studios showroom on Wednesday morning. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

PG&E meter reader Ryan Kitchen goes about his normal rounds in Davenport as firefighter Andrew Ziegler works the Lundberg Studios showroom fire on Wednesday morning. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

Cal Fire Battalion Chief Ian Larkin walks past the wreckage of the Lundberg Studios showroom in Davenport which burned in an early morning fire on Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

Live Oak Elementary School students break through the tape to dedicate the school's new track and field on Tuesday. The facility was named after the school's principal Debbie Wilson, who is on leave battling cancer. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

A dog out for a romp with beach comber is reflected, along with the Boardwalk's Loggers Revenge ride in the still water near the mouth of the San Lorenzo River on Tuesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

A visitor to Seabright State Beach walks along the tidal zone on Tuesday as the ebb and flow of the tide creates a striking pattern on the shore. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

Wild turkeys in the Aptos hills, caught in the act of peering in windows and running off excess speed during a swooping landing. (Photos by Nadia Drake)

Amazing sunset Friday night, Nov. 5, 2010. Photo shot from West Cliff Drive, submitted to the Sentinel by Misa Lawson.

A surfer negotiates a bumpy, back-lit ride rushing through Indicators Tuesday morning as the firt big swell of the season arrived. Waves up to 20 feet in stand-out locations will continue through Wednesday. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)

A surfer kicks out of this middle peak wave before it closes out Tuesday morning off West Cliff as the biggest swell of the fall season rolled into Santa Cruz. Waves in stad out spots could reach 20 feet Wednesday. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)