Fifth-grade students at Vine Hill Elementary School got a chance to put their cycling safety skills to the test on Thursday, as Ecology Action's Bike Smart youth safety program hosted the campus' first-ever safety rodeo.

Homeless and low-income children in Santa Cruz County will receive backpacks and school supplies this year through the Lynda and Kidz Backpack Project created by Lynda Hall, local mother and resident of Mount Hermon.

Law enforcement officials arrested a 52-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman at a business on the 5300 block of Scotts Valley Drive on suspicion of drug and weapons charges.

Ricky L. Rhett

It has been a big week for Quail Hollow Ranch as news came down that a red willow tree located on the park property received recognition from the California Big Trees Registry and the National Register of Big Trees as the largest specimen of red willow in the entire country — and possibly the entire world.

A group of Santa Cruz High School students and Scotts Valley Vice Mayor Dene Bustichi constructed a storage shed on the Scotts Valley High School campus last weekend.

Looking for way to get a day at the spa, without leaving home? Then Melissa Stone Santangelo, owner of Balance Studio Spa in Felton, has got you covered.

The former dance hall building of the Felton Grove Auto Resort, one of Felton's lesser-known historic buildings, is headed toward a new life and a much-needed remodel with new owners determined to preserve the old building as their home.