District, sheriff seek fixes to crime at dam park
Life in the Santa Cruz Mountains, surrounded by natural beauty, can also mean you’re never sure someone or something isn’t prowling around your property at night: Is that noise a deer or a raccoon looking for a snack? Or could it be someone stealing the wheels off your car while flying high on methamphetamine?
Historical door opens a window into past
Ed Silveira, the founder of the Villa de Branciforte Preservation Society, discovered a lime kiln door at the Henry Cowell Barn on the University of California, Santa Cruz, campus after a powerful storm in mid-October uncovered it.
Bank takes Hilton
As of this week, the Hilton Scotts Valley-Santa Cruz has new owners and a new hospitality management company.
In Memoriam: In Memoriam Anthony Reynolds September 22, 1981 – January 16, 2014
Anthony Reynolds left this earth on January16, 2014. He is deeply missed.
Cabrillo College notifies students of security incident
In an abundance of caution, the Cabrillo Community College District has notified students of a recent data privacy incident.
On May 14, 2024, Cabrillo College became aware of unauthorized activity on the Cabrillo College computer network. Immediately upon discovery of the incident, Cabrillo College’s...
From farm to table
For several years, it has been a growing trend nationwide wherein consumers want to be more aware of where exactly it is their food comes from, as concerns over pesticide usage and genetically modified seeds have mounted.
Grand jury calls for change in library system
The Santa Cruz County Grand Jury has called for a dramatic shift in the way the Santa Cruz Public Library system is run after finding aging facilities, archaic technology, a declining collection and no cash reserves.
Highway 9 Caltrans Crew receive Rotary Club of San Lorenzo Valley’s first “Vocation Appreciation Award”
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.”
Scotts Valley graduate receives Teamsters scholarship
Violeta Dauksa of Scotts Valley has been named a recipient of a 2026 scholarship from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship Fund.
Dauksa is a...














