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October 26, 2025

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Projects seek safer SLV streets

Three significant road construction projects in varying stages of completion are causing major disruptions in traffic in the San Lorenzo Valley, in the name of road and safety improvements.

Engineer hits 40 years at Roaring Camp

It’s been 40 years since Tom Shreve joined Roaring Camp Railroads to prepare food for eager steam-train riders in the redwoods.

High school holds volunteer fair

Scotts Valley High School had its second volunteer fair Friday, Nov. 9, in the school quad.

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Vets honored with a trim

For the past three years, Penny Golding’s Ben Lomond hair salon has celebrated Veterans Day by offering a haircut to those serving or who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Grocery store strike ends

Raley’s and Nob Hill have reached an agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers this morning that has ended the union’s nine-day strike.  

Accident shuts Highway 9

Highway 9 at Glen Arbor Road in Ben Lomond has been completely closed for more than 12 hours on Tuesday, after a 17-year-old boy wrecked his vehicle and damaged power lines along the two-lane highway.

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Ow’s Chinese artifacts go on SV auction block

From the early 1970s until his death in 2004, Scotts Valley grocery store owner and real estate magnate George Ow Sr. amassed a vast collection of Chinese antiques and artifacts, which will be auctioned this weekend.

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Santa Cruz Wharf incident: 1 person dead, dog sent for emergency...

An adult victim was pulled from a van that broke through guardrails along the Santa Cruz Wharf and plunged into 30-foot-deep ocean water Sunday...