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Scotts Valley
October 26, 2025

Health notes

Hair removal technique offered

Boulder Creek radio station makes progress

The fledgling Boulder Creek radio station, KBCZ 90.1 FM, is in search of a studio to broadcast from.

Wood turner tries Open Studios for first time

First-time Open Studios Art Tour artist John Wells told his family he was going to apply for the annual county-wide art show for many years, and finally did this year. The Boulder Creek-based wood-turner will display his masterful bowls, vessels and platters turned from wood found in local forests during next weekend’s open studios.

SLV organizations make valley sparkle

More than 200 volunteers braved sporadic downpours on Saturday, Sept. 21 for a day of cleaning the litter that had accumulated in the valley’s parks, roads, and waterways, as two San Lorenzo Valley organizations — SLV Core and the Valley Women’s Club — each hosted their annual river and road clean-up events.

District justifies water rate increase

San Lorenzo Valley Water District administrators explained this week that a rate increase is necessary to repair an aging water system in need of expensive repairs and to ensure the financial stability of the public agency into the future. The district also said that combining its three facilities into one campus will increase efficiency and allow for an ADA and seismically up-to-code administrative building.

Sheriff’s Felton substation moves to new location

Four years removed from leaving, the Felton substation for the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has moved back to an office on the corner of East Zayante and Graham Hill Roads in Felton.

Accident knocks out power for 11 hours

A suspected drunken driver collided with a telephone pole and caused an 11-hour power outage and overnight road closure on Lockewood Lane in Scotts Valley on Monday afternoon.

Obituary: Kline Wesley (Wes) Gidcumb

Kline Wesley (Wes) Gidcumb 

Business notes

Dental nonprofit receives loan for new facility

Water rate hike opposed by watchdog group

Heavy opposition to a proposed water rate increase has materialized from a group of San Lorenzo Valley Water District customers who are unhappy with the district’s plans to spend much of the money on a new administrative campus.

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