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Community Bridges recently announced that Highlands Park Center in Ben Lomond, one of six sites in its Early Education Division (EED), has expanded its California State Preschool Program (CSPP) to offer free or low-cost early care and education services for qualifying income eligible families. This...

Scotts Valley resident Q Licht has been featured for his activism in a recent issue of Teen Vogue, a national fashion, culture and lifestyle magazine for both teenagers and young adults in their 20s. Since 2020, Teen Vogue started an awards collaboration with GLAAD to...

Veterans Day Dinner set for Monday at Scopazzi’s  San Lorenzo Valley Museum is again hosting its annual Veterans Day Dinner on Monday, Nov. 11, from 5:30-9pm at Scopazzi’s Restaurant and Lounge, 13300 Big Basin Way, in Boulder Creek. The program will begin at 6:15pm and dinner...

San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) Board of Directors recently announced it has approved a contract for John Kunkel to be interim general manager. Kunkel has extensive experience in local government. A former chief of police, he has served as city manager in several communities....

As polls closed tonight, Fifth District Supervisor candidate Monica Martinez was hanging out on the second floor of Bruno’s Bar and Grill in Scotts Valley with a sizable contingent that included multiple other candidates for political office. “We just had so many community members come...

San Lorenzo Valley High seniors and sweethearts Jessica Stoelting and Jack Dagan were crowned 2024 Homecoming Queen and King after last Saturday’s Homecoming football game, which was preceded by a parade Friday in downtown Felton. Cougars quarterback Dagan and his team crushed Santa Cruz, 41-0,...

Damians Ladder hosts fundraiser for home repairs Damians Ladder, a nonprofit organization that assists seniors and the disabled in Santa Cruz County in making small home repairs, is presenting a “Fix It Handyman Fundraiser” from 5-8pm Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Moose Lodge, 2470 El...

On Saturday, Nov. 9, the storied history of Ben Lomond will come to life in an exciting new event at Park Hall Community Center. The first of a three-part lecture series titled “Tales of Ben Lomond” will kick off with the first installment, “Rugged Rogues...

Unlike some of its neighbor municipalities on the Silicon Valley side of the hill, like Monte Sereno and Los Gatos—which canceled their council elections when no more hopefuls put their name in the ring than the number of seats available—Scotts Valley has seen an...

It’s a Wednesday afternoon and Sydney Jayne, 42, is in an empty room with walls as white as a blank painter’s canvas. Milky rays spin in through the skylight she installed with her boyfriend Tachu Soto, for the new incarnation of her Jayne &...