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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Just hours before President Joe Biden said that every adult in the United States should have access to a Covid-19 vaccine by May 1, Santa Cruz County health officials said they expect the county will march along into the orange tier of...

On Tuesday, Forest Brown became the fifth officer sworn in at the Scotts Valley Police Department this year—and the first welcomed with a public ceremony. The tide is finally turning for the law enforcement agency, after a tumultuous year that saw 25% of sworn personnel...

Each year, Ben Lomond’s Little People’s Repertory Theater (LPRT) for children 8-14 hosts its annual summer theater program, culminating in a public performance that’s part campy, part sci-fi, part Marvel-ous and 100% original. In 2020, LPRT Executive Director Jannine Chadwick held her breath as she...

The Felton Branch Library reopened some of its indoor services Tuesday. “I really enjoy being able to browse,” said 71-year-old Waldo Burford, a retired biology teacher who took in Devi Pride’s post-fire rebirth photoset outside the library on May 8. “That sense of the library...

After summer camp season was salvaged with the help of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County, the city of Scotts Valley is reengaging the organization to provide an after-school solution for youth, as the pandemic rages on. At its regularly scheduled council...

It scrounged-up curtains from Broadway. It sourced seating that originally came from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. And now, the Scotts Valley Community Theater Guild is nearing completion of a performing arts center at the site of the old roller rink. It’s taken about $80,000...

Officers and firefighters running through “active shooter” drills at Scotts Valley High School had to make a quick shift into a real-world situation on June 24, when a participant’s comment about a potential threat at the campus sparked an hours-long hunt for danger. In the...

After a significant portion of the Bonny Doon community mobilized to try to keep a man who raped a 21-year-old woman in the 1980s from moving to town, Santa Cruz County is now seeking changes to California law, so it can have additional tools...

It costs big bucks to ensure one of life’s essential components is fit for human consumption. And on May 25, local officials and media got to taste the $3.5 million upgrade results to the Scotts Valley Water District’s Orchard Run Water Treatment Plant, leaving...

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) has had its fair share of couplings since its establishment as a special district in 1941.  In 2008, the district assumed control of Cal-Am Water (servicing Felton), and in 2016, it acquired took over Lompico Water District. In...