Rivers, roads to be tidied on cleanup day
Sept. 15 is Coastal Cleanup Day and, for the 26th consecutive year, several San Lorenzo Valley organizations are co-hosting the annual River and Road Cleanup.
A Memorial Day Celebration
Photos from the Memorial Day Parade and Festival in Felton, along with photos from the Civil War Re-enactment at Roaring Camp Railroads.
Preliminary results of the Nov. 6 election: McPherson leads Hammer by 26 votes
At 12:37 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, the Santa Cruz County Elections Department posted its final unofficial election night vote totals concerning local campaigns.
Library board cuts $1.3 million
Scotts Valley, Felton and Boulder Creek libraries took major hits as the county library board slashed $1.3 million in an attempt to balance the system’s 2009-10 budget.
Bear Creek Road Main Break
At approximately 3:15 AM today (01/28) an approximately 80 lineal feet on Bear Creek Road at the Eddie Ranch dropped off into Bear Creek destroying approximately 60 lineal feet of the District 8” water line and reducing Bear Creek Road to one lane. This location has been monitored for some time as the road has been sinking at this location as indicated by the layers of asphalt that have been place to correct the dip. In fact as precautionary the District installed isolation vales at this location in anticipation of the road failure and has performed leak detection several times to ensure main line integrity. This main is the feed to Bear Creek Estates and Ralston Ridge storage facilities. Staff responded immediately shutting down mainline valves isolating the break and are in the process of installing a bypass main. It is anticipated that water supply will be restored to the approximately 20 homes that are experiencing an outage at this time as a result of the main break by 8:00 AM. Fire flow in the area will be reduced through the bypass main. Bear Creek Estates and Ralston Ridge have storage tanks and fire flow will not be affected.
‘Tales of Ben Lomond’ history talk returns to Park Hall
History takes center stage at the latest installment of Ronnie Trubek’s Tales of Ben Lomond History Series, which will take place Thursday, March 12, at 7pm at Park Hall Community Center in Ben Lomond.
Trubek, a local historian and Realtor, will focus on the first...
New housing development at Polo Grounds
The Scotts Valley City Council has unanimously approved six units of affordable housing, to be built by the developer of the new 40-unit Polo Ranch subdivision planned for the former home of Santa’s Village.
News Briefs | Published April 18, 2025
SLVHS Interact Club to host Community Egg Hunt on Saturday
The San Lorenzo Valley High School Interact Club will host its second annual Community Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19, from 9am-12pm at the Field of Dreams at San Lorenzo Valley Elementary School, located at...
Scotts Valley police receive $25K traffic safety grant
Scotts Valley Police Department has received a $25,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to support programs promoting bicycle and pedestrian safety.
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