News Briefs | Published May 24, 2024
Highway 236 pipeline project impacts traffic
San Lorenzo Valley residents can expect delays on Highway 236 between South Redwood Drive and Highway 9 while crews finish the San Lorenzo Valley Water District’s Lyon and Big Steel Pipeline Project.
There will be a single-lane closure and one-way...
Kiwanis Moves Skypark Show to Siltanen Park
On Monday, Scotts Valley began re-opening Skypark, the large grassy field at the center of the city’s recreational life, after it was damaged by firefighters battling last year’s wildfires.
But its new lease on life didn’t come soon enough for the Kiwanis Club of Scotts...
Mobile homes destroyed in fire
Residents of the Redwoods on the River trailer park in Ben Lomond were told to flee as fire consumed a pair of mobile homes on June 1. The blaze sent toxic plumes of smoke into the canopy above.
Sgt. Jason Dunn of the Santa...
Race Thru the Redwoods returns
August of 2013 is when Bernardo Tapia and Sarah Meyer Tapia found love beneath the redwoods. They had been friends for a while, but both competed in the Race Thru the Redwoods that day, and after each of them won in their division, Meyer...
Man arrested after fatal DUI crash in Scotts Valley
A 28-year-old woman died and a 30-year-old man was arrested on felony DUI charges after a deadly crash on Jan. 10 in Scotts Valley.
Jesse Lemol Vong, a San Jose native, while under the influence of alcohol and drugs lost control of his Volkswagen Golf...
News Briefs | Published Aug. 2, 2024
FireSafe Council completes latest HIZ home assessor training
The FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County has completed its latest HIZ home assessor training and has broadened its reach south to meet the greater needs and range of Santa Cruz County, from Boulder Creek and Summit...
Investigation Underway After Discarded Ballots Found on Sugarloaf Road
A rural site about four miles from the Santa Cruz Mountains summit is now the focus of a federal investigation by the agency that probes mail system misdeeds.
That’s because this patch of ground along Sugarloaf Road, just north of Scotts Valley, is where one...
Accused Driver in CHP Shooting-Pursuit Pleads Not Guilty
Berkeley resident Alexandria Luevanos pleaded not guilty Monday in Santa Cruz Superior Court to four charges in connection with a vehicle pursuit through Scotts Valley in which police say her passenger shot at CHP officers.
Meanwhile, her co-defendant, Kristopher Rosario Payopay, 40, of Lathrop, Calif.,...
Scotts Valley continues to grapple with state housing challenges
As Scotts Valley tried to convince the State Department of Housing and Community Development that it’s up to the task of planning for more than 1,220 homes for people across the income spectrum in less than a decade, the report card on its last...
Paddy Smith Park blooms with new garden at Santa Cruz County...
The beautiful Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds are growing even more beautiful thanks to a colorful landscaping project at Paddy Smith Park.
Jeff Rosendale, with Sierra...
