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Travelers will continue to encounter one-way traffic control in both directions of Highway 9 for the installation of devices designed to keep birds from nesting within structures. Work will continue Saturday, Jan. 31, Monday, Feb. 2, and Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 7am-4pm near Boulder Creek...

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 authorized the creation of an ad hoc subcommittee aimed at preparing the county for potential impacts from increased federal immigration enforcement. The subcommittee, known as S.H.I.E.L.D.—Safeguarding Health, Inclusion, Essential Services and Local Defense—will be made up...

A 60-year-old Moss Landing man was killed in a crash on southbound State Route 17, authorities said. California Highway Patrol officers responded at about 3:35pm on Jan. 26 to a report of a crash on southbound Highway 17 south of Vine Hill Road. Investigators determined...

At a Special Meeting held on Jan. 16 in the middle of the day, Scotts Valley City Council voted unanimously to declare a State of Emergency to deal with a 30-foot-by-30-foot sinkhole that had opened up at Scotts Valley Drive and Granite Creek Road. On...

Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Tuesday, Jan. 20, as part of utility relocation work. Between Kirby Street and north of Fall Creek Drive, Highway 9 travelers will encounter one-way flagging control from 8pm-5am. The overnight flagging control will...

Scotts Valley Police make multiple DUI, drug arrests Scotts Valley Police Department conducted multiple DUI enforcement saturation patrols throughout December, resulting in several arrests related to impaired driving, drugs and license violations, according to a department release issued Jan. 5. “Scotts Valley Police Department conducted multiple...

California State Parks will be burning piles created by park volunteers in Big Basin Redwoods State Park and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County. An estimated 52 piles will be burned throughout the Redwood Loop Trail in Big Basin Redwoods State Park...

Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Monday, Jan. 12, as part of utility relocation work. Travelers on Highway 9, between Graham Hill Road and the San Lorenzo Valley schools complex, will encounter one-way flagging control starting Monday, Jan. 12,...

When American country singer-songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson arrives in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Jan. 23 to play the Felton Music Hall stop on his Red Horse Tour, he’ll arrive with special guest William Prince, who grew up—and still lives—in the central Canadian province...

Updated draft BESS ordinance available for public review The County of Santa Cruz has released an updated draft ordinance regulating the siting and development of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for public review, which will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at the Jan....