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September 11, 2025

Scotts Valley’s Jeremy Kain holds off challenger to repeat as SCCAL champ

sccal cross country championships
The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys cross country championships have traditionally produced epic finishes. This year’s meet on March 26 was no different. Scotts Valley High junior Jeremy Kain and Aptos High senior Ben Laughlin made last week’s race another one to remember as they...

Support wanes for sales tax

The Scotts Valley City Council decided against asking voters to renew a quarter-cent sales tax, saying that the trust of the community is more important than extending the tax during an unyielding down economy.

SLV Class of 2012 celebrates commencement

San LorenzoValleyHigh School’s seniors walked across the school’s football field Friday, June 8, to celebrate the advancement of the Class of 2012.

State of the City Saturday

Mayor Randy Johnson of Scotts Valley will offer his State of the City address tomorrow. Johnson and City Manager Jenny Haruyama will discuss city development and other plans in front of a live audience at the Old Mill Meeting Room of Montevalle Senior Community, 552 Bean Creek Road.

Reporter leaves paper

Staff reporter Joe Shreve has left the Press-Banner after spending close to a year on the job.

Santa Cruz County shows leadership in annual Tobacco Control Grades

American Lung Association has released its annual State of Tobacco Control 2023 California Local Grades, and each of the five Santa Cruz County jurisdictions earned an overall grade of an A or B, ranking highly among the 482 incorporated cities and 58 counties in...

Thrift shop remodeled in Felton

On Monday, April 8, the Abbot’s Thrift, Antique and Collectibles store in Felton re-opened its doors following a two-week spring cleaning and remodeling.

Solo-vehicle crash into power pole on Highway 9 causes outage and closure

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Traffic on state Highway 9, north of Boulder Creek, in Santa Cruz County, was reopened to one-way traffic on July 4 after the highway was briefly closed because of a traffic collision that set a power pole ablaze, causing a nearby power outage for...

Obituary: Bryan Douglas Olsen

Bryan Douglas Olsen

Lompico, SLV to host joint merger meeting

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District and the Lompico County Water District boards of directors will hold a joint public workshop on Wednesday, Dec. 4 to address the proposed merger of the two districts.  

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Felton Fire District to review parcel tax proposal at meeting Thursday

Felton Fire Protection District (FFPD) Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. to discuss a proposed...