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November 30, 2025

Local Student Shares Love of Vegan Baking Thanks to SVUSD IB Program

The sweet pink frosting on the lemon cookie beckons, reflecting the midday Scotts Valley sunlight. Adina Licht, 51, takes a bite of the lemon...

Candidate nomination period for Nov. 8 election opens

The candidate nomination period for the upcoming Nov. 8 election opened on July 18, and several potential political candidates have pulled papers to run...

Report: Community ‘Polarized’ About SVUSD’s Push for Diversity

An educational consultant’s report has found diversity efforts at Scotts Valley Unified School District have been hampered by a “pervasive fear” of how parents...

Environmentalists get $1M to defend Santa Cruz Mountains from wildfires

One of California’s oldest environmental groups has been tapped by California’s state fire agency to help protect Felton and Scotts Valley from wildfires. The $970,000...

Boulder Creek Could Get $3.5M In Upgrades

Boulder Creek is now in line for $3.5 million that could be coming from more than 2,800 miles away—Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.—for a...

County’s New Public Defender Office Begins Operations

SANTA CRUZ—Santa Cruz County’s new Public Defender office began operations on July 1, and the department’s roughly 60 employees celebrated the occasion with a...

Big Basin reopening next week

After nearly two years out of commission, Big Basin Redwoods State Park—the oldest State Park in California—is about to open to the public, once...

New Film Honors CZU Survivors Two Years Post Blaze

In honor of the second anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex, Mountain Community Theater (MCT) Director Peter Gelblum did something extraordinary to commemorate the...

Ben Lomond FD Pancake Breakfast Raises $9,000

They have specially-designed new ones now, but the original red-and-white-striped shirts worn by the Ben Lomond Fire Protection District firefighters are actually authentic Australian...

Scotts Valley, Boulder Creek Deliver Classic Spectacles for Fourth

Last year, Scotts Valley was the envy of Santa Cruz County and South Bay regions, holding a Fourth of July parade when almost no...

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News Briefs | Published Nov. 28, 2025

Choir concerts to celebrate Christmas season The Spring Lakes Park Choir will be performing three identical concerts to celebrate the Christmas season. They will be performing...