Santa Cruz County residents may want to buckle up for a bumpy ride, because the county’s cash-strapped Department of Public Works faces the real possibility of having to look closer to home for money to maintain and repair crumbling roadways.

A successful mobile app developer and longtime personal trainer has bought Scotts Valley Gym.

By this time next year, Lodato Park in Scotts Valley could be home to one of the better day hikes in the area, if a proposed link with private trails in nearby Blair Ranch comes to fruition.

The International Academy of Dance will again perform the famous Nutcracker ballet this holiday season; this year at the Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College.

At a site that once employed nearly 1,000 workers at its height, eight employees now remain at Aviza Technology Inc., all working to sell everything that is left — everything from office supplies to refrigerator-sized devices with giant red buttons that look straight from a James Bond movie.