California become the 32nd state to adopt the Common Core Standards when it took on the educational guidelines in August 2010. Nearly three years later, implementation on the district level is the next hurdle to integrating the program, which now dictates curriculum benchmarks in 45 states nation-wide.

Residents of Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley won’t have far to travel to partake of some old-fashioned, American fun this July 4. With a plethora of options, throw on your cowboy hat and Old Glory shirt and head on out the any of the following options:

The Santa Cruz County Friday Night Live Partnership and Project CURB (Communities United to Reduce Bingeing) announced Monday the winners of the Responsible Alcohol Merchant Awards.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

The evening of Friday, June 21 saw 11 fire engines from four different agencies converge on the 9000 block of Zayante Drive in Felton to combat a half-acre blaze that spread across three properties.