The final curtain dropped on the former Performing Arts Center at San Lorenzo Valley High School, as demolition crews from Salinas-based Tombleson Inc. spent Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 12 and 13, tearing down the venerable building.

A Felton woman was arrested on Friday, Aug. 9 at the Valley Medical Center in Santa Clara on suspicion that she had posed as a nurse.

Santa Cruz County has a new source of help for those seniors or disabled adults who need a little bit of extra help maintaining their independence.

With more than 100 local artists and a dozen wineries in participation, the 14thannual Scotts Valley Art and Wine Festival brought the Scotts Valley community together to listen to local bands, browse through masterpieces, try wine, and watch a magic show led by none other than Ronald McDonald.

San Lorenzo Valley residents will have a chance to meet neighbors and law-enforcement officers face-to-face to talk about issues in their town on Tuesday night.  

If there’s a murder to be written in Santa Cruz County, there’s a good chance it will be penned by a novelist with the first name Nancy.