Scotts Valley Unified School District Superintendent Susan Silver will retire in June from the position she has held for more than five years.

In 22 years in Santa Cruz County, Habitat for Humanity has created 34 homes specifically for low-income families. The Scotts Valley City Council cleared the way this month for Nos. 35, 36 and 37.

A rundown Felton house under scrutiny from neighbors and law enforcement was declared uninhabitable this week, and its remaining residents were ordered to move out within 36 hours.

Cabrillo College and the City of Scotts Valley are near a deal that would move Cabrillo’s Scotts Valley campus from Whispering Pines Drive to a new home connected to the new Scotts Valley Library.

A recently painted mural of Cookie, a rescued horse, adorns the wall of one of the first stables at the Covered Bridge Equestrian Center in Felton. The mural was painted by Theresa Patzke Guiver as a tribute to Felton’s Michelle Lamelin, the founder of Mending Hearts horse rescue, for her work with horses and children.