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Scotts Valley
October 26, 2025

SV council notes

The following list is a summary of decisions made by the Scotts Valley City Council at its April 6 meeting. For more information: www.scottsvalley.org.

SV fourth-grader rides for schools

Nine-year-old Devin Hawthorn of Vine Hill Elementary School has been training for six months — including 15 climbs of strenuous Mountain Charlie Road — in preparation of the annual Mountain Charlie Challenge bike ride April 23.

Scotts Valley boot camp springs up

By all rights, Jim Chelossi, a former U.S. Marine and inventor of the ubiquitous coffee-cup sleeve, could be quietly retired. Instead, he’s preparing a band of local young people to answer the demands of drill instructors, all on his own dime.

Business Notes

SV gym celebrates first year

Boulder Creek artist, volunteer delves into women’s issues

What is it like being a woman in Santa Cruz County, more than four decades after the feminist revolution?

News briefs

Church kids help Japan

Dispatch Log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Applicants sought for low-income homes

After the Scotts Valley City Council gave Habitat for Humanity the green light to build three townhouses on Blake Lane on April 6, the group’s next step toward breaking ground is to find suitable families to help construct and eventually live in the affordable homes.

Teen killed on Highway 236

A 17-year-old girl from Boulder Creek was killed after her car ran off the road on Highway 236 Tuesday afternoon.

Column of smoke expected over Henry Cowell

The California Department of Parks and Recreation will ignite a 5-acre prescribed burn at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park tomorrow.

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