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A political action committee bent on booting President Obama from office set up shop in the San Lorenzo Valley this week, displaying booths and posters deemed offensive by some valley residents.

Thirty years — nearly to the day — since he was hired as a full-time police officer in 1983, Lt. John Hohmann will officially retire from the Scotts Valley Police Department on Monday, Dec. 2.

Spring is in the air, and the youngsters from the Early Childhood Learning Center at Bethany University had a chance to experience it firsthand last week.

When locals heard that Punxsutawney Phil had forecast six more weeks of winter, they did a double take and looked at their calendar.

If the idiom, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” is correct, our hearts are experiencing extraordinary heights of fondness.  Especially towards teachers and childcare workers, since schools and daycares were closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  While it appears that our community will continue to grow that appreciation in the months to come, the Boys and Girls Club has recently begun to alleviate the overwhelming need for childcare in Santa Cruz County. Across the county, clubhouses have begun to accept the children of essential workers for a full day program (8 a.m.-6 p.m.) from Monday through Friday.  

Finding that there is an imminent threat to public health and welfare from novel coronavirus (COVID19), Santa Cruz County Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel has issued a Declaration of Local Health Emergency.