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The Felton Farmers Market's final open day of the year is Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Despite Santa Cruz County’s reputation as one of the least affordable places to live in the state, if not the country, real alarm has been expressed at recent Scotts Valley City Council meetings about the housing boom the city is facing in the not too distant future.  Public comment at city council meetings has included emotional criticism and strong recommendations of caution- that the small town character of Scotts Valley is directly threatened by actual and proposed housing developments.

Some 30 Scotts Valley High School students will take the stage next Friday, singing and dancing as the curtain rises on the theater department's rendering of “Legally Blonde — The Musical.”

The new library that will serve San Lorenzo Valley’s high school and middle school broke ground last week, marking the start of the 13,000-square-foot building.

Santa Cruz became the second city in the nation to add a city sanctioned Black Lives Matter mural in front of City Hall on September 12th. The effort began in early June, when local artist was Abi Mustapha connected with City Arts Commission Vice Chair Sean McGowen.  After many months of paperwork, planning, presenting, and fundraising, more than 500 community members helped paint the mural throughout the day. 

During an aerial performance, Alana Del Chiaro, 11, had a chance to show off the hoop skills she’d been practicing over the past three weeks. “It’s kind of scary,” she said after her performance. “It was fun.” Somala, her mom, beamed, as hundreds of people milled...

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston visited the Press-Banner office last week to talk about his new book and look through the archives for his byline from his first serious job in the news industry.