45.3 F
Scotts Valley
January 3, 2025

Scotts Valley Police investigate parking lot pigeon massacre

Scotts Valley police have launched an animal abuse investigation following the apparent willful killing of several pigeons last week, according to authorities. Just before 12:30pm on Sept. 8, a local resident called the Scotts Valley Police Department reporting a truck had just accelerated into a...

Bay Federal Credit Union raises $21K for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Bay Federal Credit Union employees raised $16,420 during their annual Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals fundraiser. With the addition of a philanthropic match from CO-OP Financial Services of $5,000, Bay Federal presented the CMN Hospitals with a check totaling $21,420. Every year the seven Bay...

Valley Churches United to mark 40 years with Ruby Gala

As anniversary gifts go, the good stuff comes later in the relationship. The traditional first anniversary present is paper, the 10th anniversary is tin or aluminum, and the 16th anniversary brings wax or silverware. The folks at Valley Churches United (VCU) are skipping straight to...

Free Narcan distribution set for Sunday in Felton

Over the past year, Santa Cruz Community Health clocked 1,700 patient visits at its Mountain Health Center in Ben Lomond, which opened in early 2022. The organization is continuing to deepen its roots in the San Lorenzo Valley, including through a fentanyl-antidote-distribution drive at the...

News Briefs | Published Sept. 8, 2023

News Briefs
Tandy Beal & Co presents ‘Wide Wide World’ Tandy Beal & Company will present its visionary arts education program, Wide Wide World, this fall to four grades at Vine Hill Elementary School in Scotts Valley. Teaching artists from around the world, who live locally, are highlighted....

Felton Farmers’ Market to host Apple-A-Day Festival

The Felton Farmers’ Market is hosting the Apple-A-Day Festival, a celebration honoring the APPLE. This event has become a beloved tradition over the past decade, and we’re so happy to be rolling it out again this summer. Apples have been one of the most important...

As local economic recovery accelerates, report highlights workforce needs in Santa Cruz County

County of Santa Cruz
The 2023 State of the Workforce report by the Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board (WDB) shows that the local economy is experiencing a robust recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, recovering faster than the state and the rest of the country. Overall,...

’Twas a Boulder Creek musical Saturday

Live Oak resident Abigail Andromacha-Atha headed up into the mountains, arriving in Boulder Creek around 11am last Saturday. She was there to sell her Andromacha Beadworks creations as part of a radio station fundraiser—one of two local concerts that brought in funds to support key...

Scotts Valley pushes back on Civil Grand Jury’s housing critiques

Scotts Valley Council members recently got a look at the City’s response to the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report that was highly critical of the municipality’s failure to build its fair share of housing over the years, contributing to California’s severe housing...

Applicants sought for inaugural Scotts Valley Citizens Academy

City of Scotts Valley
City of Scotts Valley is looking for interested residents to participate in the first-ever Citizens Academy, the deadline of which to apply is next Friday. This City-hosted educational series will take place across eight Tuesday evenings, starting Sept. 26 (skipping Halloween) and ending on Nov....

SOCIAL MEDIA

2,479FansLike
6FollowersFollow
762FollowersFollow

New California laws take effect in 2025

California lawmakers in 2024 introduced 4,821 bills, but most of them were tossed or otherwise rejected during the months-long legislative process, during which most...