Construction of the Brookdale Lodge is finally under way after the iconic landmark has sat vacant for nearly four years.

Scotts Valley Middle School is in for a serious makeover, with demolition of the entire school scheduled for the summer of 2016 followed by a year-long construction process.

With the arrival of Highway 17, travelers no longer drove directly through Scotts Valley on the way to and from the beach. Tree Circus owner Axel Erlandson, sold his iconic attraction in 1963 to the Thompson family, who changed the name to the “Lost World.”

It’s been five years since gymnastics instructor Vern Vargas opened the doors of his Scotts Valley studio and training facility. Since then, the Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts and Parkour has grown by — quite literally — leaps and bounds, steadily offering more and more programs, teams and classes to the students of Santa Cruz County.

Scotts Valley High School Junior Alannah Schwartz, flew to Washington DC last week to attend the American Diabetes Association’s annual premier national advocacy event, Call to Congress.

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Citing declining enrollment, Cabrillo College announced Wednesday that, following the end of the current semester, it will not renew the lease on the Scotts Valley extension campus.

Mountain Community Resources’ new afterschool program began this week, giving teens a safe place to hang out after a long school day.

A few of the uniquely bent and shaped trees that were once part of Scotts Valley’s Tree Circus and Lost World can still be seen at the Tree Circus Center at 4652 Scotts Valley Drive today — one of the few remaining traces of the days when north Scotts Valley was a destination for roadside tourism.