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On November 19th, the County of Santa Cruz presented 69 businesses with a Green Business Certificate.  10 of those businesses are in our area, including Brunetti’s Interiors, the City of Scotts Valley, Faust Salon and Spa, San Lorenzo Water District, Santa Cruz County Bank, Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce, Scotts Valley Water District, Suki’s Boho Boutique, Wild Roots Market, and Satellite Telework Network.  I interviewed several of these businesses to understand how and why they use green practices.

On Aug. 3, the Scotts Valley City Council — absent Mayor Dene Bustichi — voted 4-0 to approve a plan that will allow property owners living in the city’s sand hills to obtain building permits with less red tape.

A new playground is on the way for the students of Bonny Doon Elementary School — as well as the Bonny Doon community as a whole — following an agreement by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to allocate approximately $41,000 of designated park funds to the project.

An overturned logging truck spilled eight massive redwood logs onto Mount Hermon Road, closing part of the intersection of Graham Hill Road and Mount Hermon Road in Felton.

Scotts Valley voters will have the chance in June to pass a parcel tax to help support the financially strapped local schools.

Local school districts have been working this semester to encourage good student attendance habits while also promoting positive mental health initiatives and other unique activities. In his Sept. 4 report to the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees, Superintendent Chris Schiermeyer noted...

Vietnam War veteran Ed Butler, Ben Lomond's former fire chief, took advantage of the holiday by attending Veterans Day ceremonies in Santa Cruz today.