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April 5, 2026

Valley People

Local artisans win chair competition

Business Notes

Investment company celebrates opening

Know your phone book options

Another phone book, the Valley Yellow Pages, is scheduled to be delivered to homes and businesses throughout Santa Cruz County in late September, the third set of phone books delivered this year.

Curt Griffiths Sept. 17, 1962 — Sept. 3, 2011

Santa Cruz native Curt Griffiths died in Chico at the age of 48. The cause of his death is unknown.

Wise owls headline fall décor

As days become shorter and leaves begin to turn, it’s a signal for households to put away the bright colors of summer and turn to fall décor.

Lompico civil engineer enters supervisor race

Bill Smallman, a civil engineer and a member of the Lompico County Water District Board of Directors, has announced he will run to be the next representative of the 5th District on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.

Dispatch Log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Fire burns Scotts Valley home

No one was injured in an early-morning house fire that that severely damaged a Scotts Valley home last week.

Heritage on display

Photos from the annual Ohlone Day Festival in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner

Grandview Avenue closed this week in Felton

As part of the Graham Hill Road construction project, Grandview Avenue will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, Monday, Sept. 12 through Friday, Sept. 16.

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