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September 15, 2025

Friends, Family Say Late Scotts Valley Teen Left His Mark

Scotts Valley Suicide
More than 200 people packed a Celebration of Life held Saturday at Roaring Camp, in Felton, for Mateo Deihl, a boy who spread positivity in life, and now, in death, has inspired people across the county to push for more-welcoming school environments. He was discovered...

Scotts Valley hires new fire chief

Scotts Valley Fire Protection District has hired Daniel J. Grebil, of Ukiah, as the successor to longtime chief Mike McMurry, who is set to retire at the end of March.

News Briefs | Published Nov. 22, 2024

News Briefs
Santa’s Shelves Craft Faire returns this weekend The Felton Fire Auxiliary will host the annual Santa’s Shelves Craft Faire, a beloved community tradition that has been bringing holiday joy to Felton since 1978. This cherished event will be held Saturday, Nov. 23, 9am-4pm, and Sunday, Nov....

Cal Fire promotes new chief

Scott Jalbert of Santa Cruz has been promoted to unit chief of the San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Prolific phishing scam hits SLV

Residents of the San Lorenzo Valley have been hounded with automated phone calls posing as Liberty Bank asking for credit card information and PIN numbers.

Curtis W. Lawler

Jan. 18, 1922 — Nov. 14, 2009

Park Review: A rainy day at the park

Joe: It is extraordinarily heartening to see the renaissance the local playgrounds of the San Lorenzo Valley have experienced in the past decade or so.

Open Studios Art Tour brings art lovers to the source

The 2014 Open Studios Art Tour, organized by the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County is approaching its final encore weekend on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sports Shorts

The regular season of all the high school winter sports is over. The playoffs have started!

Cabrillo CARES

This April, Cabrillo announced its gain of four million dollars from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act).  I recently spoke with President Matt Wetstein to discuss the expenditure of this fund. 

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News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...