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Santa Cruz County likely moving to orange tier March 31

Continued decreases in case and positivity rates have Santa Cruz County on track to enter a less restrictive tier of the state’s Covid-19 reopening...

CZU Complex could expand unit’s ‘fuel’ reductions

The Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit (CZU) had a plan of how to handle the lightning strikes that eventually set off one of...

Rate increase on horizon as Scotts Valley works to implement SB 1383

SCOTTS VALLEY—The Scotts Valley City Council at its Wednesday night virtual meeting got its first look at a slew of upcoming changes to its...

Kaiser Permanente Arena ‘vaccination hub’ opens tomorrow

Kaiser Permanente is opening a Covid-19 vaccination hub Thursday at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz for eligible members and others in the community,...

Game on: Scotts Valley blanks St. Francis in first county football game of pandemic

By Juan Reyes, Staff Reporter The Scotts Valley High football team on March 11 shut out St. Francis High, 12-0, at Santa Cruz High School...

Stimulus bill transforms options for state and local governments

Richard F. Cortez, the top elected official in Hidalgo County, at the southern tip of Texas, is so full of anticipation for the federal...

Scotts Valley Chamber gala goes virtual

The Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce will host “Stayin’ Alive,” its virtual awards gala, on Mar. 13 from 6-8pm on their Facebook page and...

KBCZ expands under new channel, 89.3FM

For all of the industries that have experienced contraction since the dawn of Covid-19 in 2020, one local business is seeing expansion in its...

County could have ‘some level’ of herd immunity by late spring, officials say

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...

High-powered rifles, unlicensed cannabis seized in Bonny Doon

BONNY DOON—The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office confiscated an unusually large amount of cannabis and 16 rifles Wednesday at home in Bonny Doon. Santa Cruz...

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News Briefs | Published Nov. 14, 2025

County hosts forums to shape future behavioral health services Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Services is hosting community forums to help shape the County’s First...