56.1 F
Scotts Valley
December 23, 2025

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...

Hop N’ Barley Fest Returns

Kombucha aficionados, beer guzzlers and funk fans take note, Saturday marks the in-person return of the Santa Cruz County Hop N’ Barley Beer Festival...

Real-World Scare Briefly Halts ‘Active Shooter’ Drill

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...

Scotts Valley Brothers Rescue Woman from Fiery Crash

As Enns brothers Andrew, 18, and Gabriel, 21, neared their Scotts Valley home around midnight on June 25—after heading up to Sacramento to celebrate...

SOCIAL MEDIA

2,479FansLike
636FollowersFollow
762FollowersFollow

Santa Cruz County urges residents to take precautions ahead of storm

Santa Cruz County is preparing for a significant storm system expected to bring several inches of rain over the next week, with the potential...