Ever hear of the National Novel Writing Month familiarly referred to as NaNoWriMo? It’s a national event geared to inspire and motivate budding authors to write a novel in 30 days.

AgapeDanceAcademy invites the community to its Annual Agape Dance Foundation Benefit Auction which takes place November 15, 4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Santa Cruz Portuguese Hall, 216 Evergreen Street, Santa Cruz.

Almost two-thirds of all home fire deaths occur in homes without a smoke alarm or no working smoke alarm. Working smoke alarms can reduce a person’s chance of dying in a home fire by half, and they provide the precious time needed to escape the home in the event of a fire.

Most of the guests at Rotary Club of San Lorenzo Valley’s first Wednesday meeting on November 4, 2015 came into the Birch Room wearing CalTrans’ customary canary yellow or orange jackets. The ten men and their supervisor, Tom Barnett, Maintenance Superintendent for the San LorenzoValley, were invited by the RCSLV to be the recipients of their first “Vocation Appreciation Award.”

On October 6, 2015 at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting thirteen businesses in Santa Cruz County were awarded the Green Business Certificate. Among this group was Scotts Valley Cycle Sport at 203 Mt. Hermon Road, in ScottsValley.

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The Beatles – LIVE in Ben Lomond!

A ramp paving project near the Fishhook on Highways 1 and 17 will take place next Monday, Nov. 9, Tuesday, Nov. 10 and Thursday, Nov. 12, weather permitting, Caltrans officials announced on November 5.

Two maintenance projects southbound on Highway 17 between Sugarloaf Rd. and Crescent Dr. (North) near ScottsValley begin Monday, November 2. Caltrans officials announced roadwork details as follows:

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