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Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors has voted to place a temporary half-cent transactions and use tax measure on the Nov. 3 General Election ballot and declared a state of fiscal distress due to significant federal and state funding reductions affecting county safety-net services. If...

The City of Scotts Valley announced today that City Manager Mali LaGoe has submitted her resignation after more than four and a half years leading the municipality. She will remain in her role through September.  LaGoe helped the City make significant progress on the Town Center project, replacing...

Scotts Valley Police Department will be participating in “Operation Safe Passage” from August 6-14, with the goal of increasing the safety of students commuting to and from school at the beginning of the new school year. During “Operation Safe Passage,” extra officers will be working...

Felton Fire Protection District—which in the years since the CZU Lightning Complex Fire has hemorrhaged volunteers, had Brown Act violations push out leadership and saw a director reprimanded for filling a personal pool with a department water truck—notched a major victory last Friday, as...

Damians Ladder, a Scotts Valley-based nonprofit organization, has released its 2026 Annual Report, highlighting the impact of its home repair and property maintenance services for low-income seniors and residents with disabilities in Santa Cruz County. The report covers the organization’s work from its founding in...

A full overnight closure of Highway 9 near Boulder Creek has been rescheduled for Monday, July 27, to allow crews more time to prepare bridge girders for installation, according to Caltrans. The closure, which had originally been planned for the night of Thursday, July 23,...

Recent street resurfacing around Scotts Valley—renovations taken on before the roadways totally devolved into pothole chaos—is in line with what former mayor Randy Johnson called “Pavement 101” back when he was on City Council. The idea is that a dollar spent up front in proactive...

It was a pitched battle—deciding whether or not to allow a storage facility at the site of mid-century office buildings along Bethany Drive in Scotts Valley. It included criticism, during an Oct. 2, 2024, City Council hearing, from a school board official and a child...

‘Jurassic’ musical opens in Ben Lomond Little People’s Repertory Theatre will present “Jurassic Jungle Book: A Three-Hour Tour,” an original rock musical by Jannine Chadwick, July 15-26 at Park Hall in Ben Lomond. Directed by Daria E. Troxell with music and vocal direction by Gabe House,...

Property owners within the Felton Fire Protection District have until next Friday to return ballots to the station regarding a proposed benefit assessment that would provide additional funding for fire protection and emergency response services. The district mailed official assessment ballots on May 20 as...