Signups are underway for the Bean Creek Run which returns to Scotts Valley Sunday, Oct. 20.

In an effort to promote the safety and security of the students of Scotts Valley’s schools, the Scotts Valley City Council — absent councilmembers Dene Bustichi and Stephany Aguilar — voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve a one-year trial run with Silicon Valley-based Resiligence Inc. for the TipNow service.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Local student takes on diabetes walk

A fire at a single-family home in Felton was controlled by firefighters after about an hour on Wednesday afternoon.

With slightly more than a month before the Tuesday, Nov. 5 special election, campaigning has begun in earnest for proponents of Scotts Valley’s Measure U — a proposal for an 8-year, half-cent sales tax increase that is designed to close the city’s budget deficit.

The Friends of Scotts Valley Library this Saturday, will host its first Hops and Harvest celebration to raise money for programs and supplies at Scotts Valley Library.