This summer’s third Music at Skypark concert will strike its first chords Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Scotts Valley. The Joint Chiefs, a popular band based in San Jose, will open the show with a mix of funk, acid jazz and classic R&B. Headlining will be Santa Cruz’s own Extra Large, a favorite in the Valley and voted the Best Local Band in Santa Cruz eleven years running. 

Nearly 30 customers of the Lompico County Water District showed up Wednesday night at the Zayante Fire Department for a heated, and at times testy, two-hour public dialogue with the district’s board of directors on the merits of a proposed rate increase.