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Scotts Valley
April 3, 2026

Local investor under federal suspicion

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has accused a Scotts Valley financial adviser of running a $60 million investment fraud that reported false gains to investors and the IRS while paying dividends in the manner of a Ponzi scheme.

News Briefs

Missing man turns himself in

Learning ins and outs of business

Photos from a class project at Baymonte Christian School.

County supervisors OK rezoning of new Felton library site

At the May 22 meeting of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, the five supervisors unanimously voted to take a step toward securing land for a new library branch in Felton.

Maria De Lourdes Goncalves May 22, 1920 — May 13, 2012

A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated June 8 in Felton for longtime Felton resident Maria Goncalves, who died May 13 in Capitola. She was 91.

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Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

McPherson out-raises Hammer by $71K

With the June 5 primary election taking place next week, candidates for the various offices are working to make their final campaign pushes.

Missing Felton man turns himself in to hospital

A 39-year-old man who went missing from a group home on Rose Acres Lane in Felton last week turned up at a local hospital about six days later.

Boulder Creek home destroyed by fire

A late-evening blaze completely destroyed a residence on the 500 block of Sylvan Avenue in Boulder Creek Saturday night, May 26.

Special-needs resource center to open at library

A resource center will open in Scotts Valley Branch Library next week to provide information to parents of special-needs students in Santa Cruz County.

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Caltrans changes speed limits on portion of Highway 17

Caltrans announced March 18 that speed limits will change on a 0.74-mile segment along Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County, following a recent engineering...