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On July 9th, the Santa Cruz METRO received a 20.6-million-dollar grant from the Federal Transit Administration, as a part of the CARES Act. Throughout the COVID crisis, METRO has provided vital and safe transportation for essential workers that otherwise would struggle to reach work.  Despite their great contributions to our community, a lack of funds has pushed the bus service into a perilous financial state.  Alex Clifford, the CEO of METRO, was greatly relieved for the funds, “First and foremost, we’re really grateful to Congress for providing economic relief to METRO early on with COVID.  It was incredible foresight.  So often you wait until it’s a problem to come up with a fix, but they have already provided a bridge to sustain service as much as we can throughout this crisis.  For now, this will help us stave off service reductions and layoffs.”

A memorial service will be Saturday, Oct. 1, for Dann Eugene Bryan-Rudy, known as “Disco,” who died Sept. 18 in Scotts Valley. He was 51.

This month I’m responding to inquiries about Scotts Valley parks and street maintenance and repairs. City Hall improvements are also in process. 2022 has largely been a rebuilding year in Public Works. In late 2021 the City reinstated the Maintenance Division Manager position. This position...

Georgia Randle has ridden horse patrol at WilderState Park for over 25 years. She also certified new volunteers and their horses, logging over 100 hours each year. On Thursday, February 18, at 7:00 p.m. at Henry Cowell State Park Visitor Center, she will be awarded the “Golden Poppy” award from the California State Parks. She will also receive a proclamation from Santa CruzCounty during this event for her generous service in behalf of Santa CruzCounty.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—In one of her final acts before her retirement at the end of the year, Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin on Tuesday officially certified the results from the 2020 presidential election. More than 86 percent of county voters—a total of 146,857—cast ballots...

Santa Cruz shelters unite for first California Adopt-a-Pet Day Santa Cruz SPCA and the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter will join over 150 California shelters in the state’s first ever Adopt-a-Pet Day on Saturday, June 1. On this day, from 11am-6pm, both local shelters will provide...