SCOTTS VALLEY — Residents filled the Scotts Valley Community Center Wednesday evening to find out more about the proposed Scotts Valley Town Center and everyone seemed excited about it — but still a little hesitant.

FELTON — San Lorenzo Valley High has been transformed into the School of Rock for Friday night’s grad night with two shiny, 30-foot-tall guitars standing sentry to the entrance to the event.

It will be weeks before the votes are completely counted, but it appears Jim Hart will be the next sheriff of Santa Cruz County and Scotts Valley will pass a bond to pay for a new Middle School.

On Saturday, June 21, 2014, Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter and Friends of Watsonville Animal Shelter will host the Healthy Dogs Shots Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Planned Pethood South Clinic, 150a Pennsylvania Ave. (one block north of Ramsay Park) in Watsonville. Dogs will receive FREE rabies shots, FREEdistemper/parvovirus shots, FREE microchips (includes registration) and information on low-cost spay or neuter options.

Have you ever thought about who would take care of your pet if you should die or can no longer take care of it?

FELTON — Brian Iles brought one of his hand-made birdhouses on Sunday to the Redwood Mountain Faire, not knowing whom he would see or who would get it.

Beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Richard “Ernie” Poston died Monday, May 19, 2014. Poston was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1935. He served the public on the San Antonio police force after military service in the US Navy. He relocated to California in 1966, eventually settling in Boulder Creek.