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April 3, 2026

Cleanup ongoing after storm hits Santa Cruz Mountains

About 17,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers across the county were out of power on Wednesday as Department of Transportation (Caltrans) crews worked...

Coast Redwood High offers educational alternative

Keidi Lewis, a Spanish and history teacher at Coast Redwood High School, part of the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District’s dependent charter, describes...

Zayante couple’s romantic dinner plans thwarted by crash

As a leukemia survivor who’s aware of his fragile immune system, 53-year-old David Dougherty doesn’t often risk heading out into public with his 50-year-old...

‘The Humans’ arrives at Ben Lomond’s Park Hall

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...

Big Basin Water Company moves toward receivership

In 2020, Big Basin Water Company (BBWC) suffered catastrophic losses to its infrastructure due to the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire, which ripped through...

Hitchcock Festival packs Scotts Valley’s new theater

It was a sell-out crowd for the big Alfred Hitchcock Festival opener last weekend at the new performing arts center in Scotts Valley. The life-size...

North County residents cope with another wet weather onslaught

Jorge Ibarra was a couple days away from his 45th birthday when he left the tent where he lives above the San Lorenzo River...

San Lorenzo Valley welcomes new restaurants

San Lorenzo Valley residents, rejoice! Our taste buds have been invited to dance with two new restaurants: Aroma in Ben Lomond and The Grove...

Friends throw 90th birthday party for Scotts Valley Senior Center matriarch

In spite of the dreary weather, a beacon of light shone brightly at the Scotts Valley Senior Center on March 8.  The center was dressed...

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center gears up for youth exhibit

Johanna McCormick has now been curator of the Thomas Gallery at the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center for about a year. “I was the marketing...

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Caltrans changes speed limits on portion of Highway 17

Caltrans announced March 18 that speed limits will change on a 0.74-mile segment along Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County, following a recent engineering...