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The most powerful moment during the Fifth District candidates forum Feb. 7 at the Highlands Park Senior Center in Ben Lomond had nothing to do with the four people on stage vying to replace outgoing Supervisor Bruce McPherson. At 7:11pm, after over an hour in...

Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship (SCMTS) and the Santa Cruz County Parks Department are seeking community input on a multi-use pump track at Felton’s Covered Bridge County Park. The proposal would replace an underutilized volleyball court in a corner of Covered Bridge County Park, and...

In the year 2025, cities and towns across the country will be planning and executing some fairly audacious infrastructure projects. The State of New York plans to expand the Hudson Tunnel along the northeast corridor; Interstate 5 along the West Coast will undergo its...

The 2024 Scotts Valley State of the City takes place Thursday, Sept. 19, from 4-6:15pm at the new Scotts Valley Cultural and Performing Arts Center, next to the public library on Kings Village Road. This is a once-a-year, free opportunity to hear from city leaders,...

There was a moment, about an hour and a half into City of Scotts Valley’s wildfire preparedness meeting May 14, when the stark reality of the current home insurance landscape in California came into focus. Vice Mayor Derek Timm, at the podium, asked for a...

Scotts Valley High School Principal Joe Allen watched as students filed from the football field to their classrooms last Friday after arranging themselves into a giant “25”—proclaiming to any bird, drone or plane the educational institution had reached the quarter-century mark. Allen said the second-day-of-the-semester...

Though a few clouds seemed to stand almost static in the afternoon sunshine in Felton, a pleasant breeze coursed through the wild grasses at Hallcrest Vineyards during the 11th annual Makers Market on Sunday. The community event celebrates art and music in the Santa...

Santa Cruz County has officially broken ground on a $23 million renovation and improvement of the Juvenile Hall facility located at 3650 Graham Hill Road in Felton. Funded primarily through state funding, it represents the most substantial improvement project in the building’s 57-year history. The...

With sunshine interspersed with scattered showers forecast through Monday—and another storm on its way towards the Central Coast for early Tuesday—Santa Cruz Mountains residents can expect to see up to another eight inches of rain. While some Boulder Creek residents expressed relief at the sunbeams...

It’s part drama, part comedy and part horror. It’s the feeling of being a voyeur of a family’s Thanksgiving celebration. And it’s the domino effect of life’s realities interfering with best-laid plans and familial relationships… It’s “The Humans,” and it’s worth seeing. The recipient of...