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The Santa Cruz County Public Health Division is monitoring confirmed reports of Covid-19 cases involving variants found in Santa Cruz County, spokesman Jason Hoppin said in a press release Monday. Two cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, known generally as the U.K. variant, have been identified...

County of Santa Cruz has announced more than $5.6 million in funding for health and safety programs through the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). The three grants were awarded to the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office...

The evening sun shone golden on a jovial outdoor gathering at Kings Village Shopping Center on June 24, as the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce declared the city open for business. The symbolic gesture, representing progress made by the U.S. government in rolling vaccines out...

Learning about the dangers of surveillance technology can be empowering, the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury writes in the introduction to the new report they published June 20. Its latest 20-page look at spy tech and data collection at the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Outdoor amusement parks in California counties in the red tier of the state’s Covid-19 reopening plan will be allowed to welcome back customers next month, the California Department of Public Health announced Friday afternoon. Live outdoor sporting events and performances will, too, be...

Siblings help community recover from CZU fire Mikayla Casey, 14, of Boulder Creek loves books.  Her favorite activity while in Girl Scouts was to meet with her troop at the Alba Schoolhouse in Ben Lomond to catalog the hundreds of books housed in the historical building....

The City of Scotts Valley’s Active Transportation Plan reached another milestone as the draft was unveiled at a City Council meeting on Feb. 3.  The plan, presented by Ecology Action’s planner Amelia Conlen, focused heavily on the main arterials Scotts Valley Drive and Mount Hermon...

Scotts Valley City Council has taken the next step in addressing a $700,000 deficit in recreation funding by approving new facility rental and special-event fees. With Vice Mayor Derek Timm joining the Nov. 6 meeting remotely from Hawaii, council members unanimously adopted a revised fee...

SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a project designed to integrate clinical, mental health and housing services to help the county’s population of homeless people with mental illness and substance use disorders The Mental Health Services Act Innovation Plan is...

As National Travel and Tourism Week reaches its midpoint in the United States, Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) announced that the local tourism industry grew by just over 3% in 2024. National Travel and Tourism Week began on Sunday, May 4, and continues through Saturday,...