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April 22, 2026

Longtime grocer retires in Felton

A longtime Safeway employee has called it quits.

Candlelight angels awarded by Valley Churches

Representatives of Valley Churches United Missions honored the group’s Angels of the Year with a candlelight dinner — but not by design.

Foundation aims to rally community to pay for parks’ operations

Faced with the state’s plan to shut down about 70 state parks throughout California, groups are scrambling for ways to generate funding to keep them open before July 1, when the parks are set to close.

Scotts Valley woman loses mobile home to tree

A Scotts Valley woman receiving disability benefits lost the mobile home she owned when a tree fell on it in the middle of the night as she slept inside

Brookdale man to be sentenced for child molestation

Brookdale resident Peter Konrad Sigmund pleaded guilty, Thursday, Dec. 1, to11 counts of child sexual abuse against two young boys in 2010.

McClish found guilty of double murder

More than five years after the crime, Michael McClish has been found guilty of the murder of Joanna “Asha” Veil and her unborn child. The trial by jury lasted nearly eight weeks, and the jury spent more than a week deliberating the charges.

James P. Gothrup Nov. 29, 1917 — Nov. 14, 2011

A memorial service will be held in Felton on Jan. 7 for James P. Gothrup, a longtime valley resident.

Windstorm ravages valleys

Clear skies and severe winds meant destruction last week in Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley.

Doors open at San Lorenzo Valley school library

Five years of campaigning, planning and construction reached fruition Monday, Dec. 5, as the ribbons were cut to open the two-level library for the middle and high school students of the San Lorenzo Valley.

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