Drew Penner

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Drew Penner is an award-winning Canadian journalist whose reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Good Times Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times, Scotts Valley Press Banner, San Diego Union-Tribune, KCRW and the Vancouver Sun. Please send your Los Gatos and Santa Cruz County news tips to [email protected].

Shirli McLaughlin’s final chapter: Friends remember community-building Ben Lomond shopkeeper

January 3, 2024

Messy December weather leads to crashes in Santa Cruz County

December 22, 2023

New General Plan receives approval from Scotts Valley City Council

December 15, 2023

Scotts Valley Planning Commission rubber-stamps housing plan

December 14, 2023

Annual Light Up the Night brings holiday spirit to Scotts Valley

December 8, 2023

Scotts Valley Fire District tax fails by less than 1%

December 1, 2023

Scotts Valley gets first look at General Plan

November 22, 2023

Scotts Valley education tax easily clears bar, as fire hall funding hangs in the balance

November 16, 2023

At Lockheed Martin protest, Jewish and Palestinian voices oppose the Israeli strikes in Gaza

November 16, 2023

Motorcyclist dies in North County collision with truck

November 13, 2023

Scotts Valley City Council likes what it sees in new design code

November 9, 2023

Man arrested on Halloween following sex-offender compliance check

November 9, 2023

Man arrested in Ben Lomond on Scotts Valley rape and imprisonment charges

November 9, 2023

Post-pandemic learning-loss picture comes into focus for North County schools

November 2, 2023

Boulder Creek family loses second house to fire

November 2, 2023

Open Studios Art Tour ends strong despite rainy conditions

October 26, 2023

Scotts Valley selects Urban Field Studio for $160,000 Town Center design update

October 18, 2023

Scotts Valley USD recognizes October as LGBTQ+ history month

October 18, 2023

Scotts Valley gets first notes from State on Housing Element

October 12, 2023

Dozens attend Ben Lomond meeting about new fire danger maps

September 29, 2023

Scotts Valley Unified School District takes action to reduce student absences

September 29, 2023

Scotts Valley agrees to fund quarter-million-dollar Skypark detoxification

September 22, 2023

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October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, and Scotts Valley Police Department is urging drivers to exercise extra caution to protect pedestrians. According to the National...

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