Water rate hikes looming in Scotts Valley
Residential and business water consumers in Scotts Valley stepped up last year in response to state requests to use less water, reducing consumption by about 24 percent from 2013 levels. The local water district’s target had been 20 percent.
Tellez resigns as SLV school board trustee after filing deadline for new candidates
Kip Tellez, trustee of the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, announced his resignation as a trustee at the Sept. 7, 2016 board Meeting, effective Thursday, Sept. 8.
Scotts Valley and Ben Lomond projects to get $1.6 million in road repairs
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission this month selected 16 projects to receive $7 million in local shares of federal transportation funds.
Scotts Valley Police Department seeking new officer candidates
Scotts Valley Chief of Police John Weiss is looking for a few good people to join the department. He admits he is having a difficult time finding applicants for four positions: two entry-level police officers and two police dispatchers.
Falling prices squeeze SLV recycling center
On Sept. 17, volunteers across Santa Cruz County – and the state – will combine efforts in a single day to clean rivers and beaches from a summer’s worth of carelessness.
River and Road cleanup day is Sept. 17
Thirty years ago Al Haynes, of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, started the first River & Road Cleanup with the aid of the Valley Women’s Club. SLV students were involved from the start, joining families and friends and removing hundreds of tons of trash and recyclables.
Advocates lining up for and against new transportation tax
Competing groups are lining up on opposite sides of a November ballot measure to fund new highway projects in Santa Cruz County with a sales tax increase.
Test scores at Scotts Valley and SLV top county and state averages
It may be the beginning of the school year, but California schools got their report cards last week, the results of tests given to students in seven grades across the state.
Democrats open first campaign office in Scotts Valley
California election law, Elections Code 334, describes a "nonpartisan office" as an office, except for a voter-nominated office, for which no party may nominate a candidate. Judicial, school, county, and municipal offices are nonpartisan offices.
Press Banner, Chamber of Commerce to sponsor City Council candidate forum Oct. 6
The Press Banner and the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce will be joint sponsors of a public forum for Scotts Valley City Council candidates on Oct. 6.
Scotts Valley police arrest 8 for DUI during late summer enforcement
Scotts Valley Police Department arrested eight drivers suspected of driving under the influence (DUI) during a nearly three-week period through Labor Day weekend.
The enforcement...