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Santa Cruz County is expected to move from the purple “widespread” tier to the less restrictive red “substantial” tier when the state updates its tier assignments next week, County Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel said. That means several indoor business operations could reopen on March...

Friends of Scotts Valley Library has met its initial goal of raising $250,000 and will continue fundraising for capital improvements and programming to outfit the new branch in town.

Kline Wesley (Wes) Gidcumb 

Scotts Valley 18-year-old Daniella Zuccolotto was named Miss Teen Santa Cruz and will represent the county in the Miss Teenage California pageant in Los Angeles in April.

We asked local residents: What are your spring cleaning plans?

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Boulder Creek Brewery continues its rebirth by staying in the community’s eye with a series of events.

Tucked away on a quiet Scotts Valley street stands a house filled with love, hope, heartbreak and strength. The five people who live there have all been victim to accidents that left them with brain damage, paralysis or both.

Growing strain on the health care system has triggered a stricter stay-at-home order for Santa Cruz County and the rest of the Bay Area region identified in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recently issued regional order. Intensive care unit (ICU) capacity in the Bay Area region, which...