A moderate tax solution in SV We applaud the Scotts Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees for taking a realistic approach in what the board is asking homeowners to pay as a parcel tax....
Editorial: Let us help you with democratic process The race to fill Mark Stone’s shoes as a Santa Cruz County supervisor representing the 5th District will certainly heat up once the holidays have passed.
Editorial: Job fair, football great for our area
Jobs and football Job fair an exciting prospect
The first San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce job fair comes at the right time. As unemployment figures have fluctuated between 10 and 15 percent in Santa Cruz Co...
Editorial: Potential supervisor boundary change is wrong What is taking place at the county government level is exactly why the average person dislikes politicians.
In a draft report released to Santa Cruz County supervisors late last week, the Fifth Dis...
Editorial: Politics and other quick hits School is just around the corner in our valleys, and students will soon get back into the thick of academics, athletics and other extracurricular activities. There are a couple of things on our min...
Editorial: Summer business hits hard, fast in SV Unlike its students, there’s been no summer vacation for the city of Scotts Valley in 2011, as major players in the business and education community made major changes.
Library patrons and supporters rallied around the possible closure of the Felton branch and three other community branches of the Santa Cruz County library system in a broad-reaching show of suppor...
Because of a bad economy and the rise of the Internet, local leaders will almost surely decide Monday, Feb. 14, that the Felton Branch Library is no longer used enough to warrant upkeep and staff f...
Last weekend, something remarkable happened. Brenda Collins, a 58-year-old woman from Felton, was found in Fall Creek after spending six nights, shivering and weak, sheltered under a fallen tree.
A vandalism incident at the Scotts Valley High homecoming football game on Nov. 5 has turned into the talk of the town, despite no criminal charges being filed.