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The preliminary plans for two large, separate projects, both mostly housing projects, were discussed in two community meetings hosted by their respective developers in Scotts Valley recently—both of which were received with skepticism and questions the developers were unable to answer.

The Scotts Valley Water District has some exciting changes to share with the whole valley.  For the past two years they have been installing meters throughout the valley that will help conserve water and money.  I sat down with David McNair, the Operations Manager, Nicholas E. Kurns, the Finance and Customer Service Manager, and Bill Ekwall, an i-Meter user and Water District Board Member,  to learn more details on the new metering system. 

Scotts Valley’s Darlene Armstrong will saddle up for a 100-mile ride around Lake Tahoe this summer to honor a Scotts Valley Middle School student cancer survivor and raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training in its battle against cancer.

It was out with the old and in with the new, as Boulder Creek’s little radio station that could, KBCZ, transitioned from its longtime frequency of 90.1 FM to its new, expanded home at 89.3 FM on May 27.  Sparkling cider was poured and fans...

With the number of hotel rooms expected to double in Scotts Valley in the next 18 months, and with a  “fiscal cliff” lying ahead for the city budget, several city council members think it may be an opportune time to raise the local hotel room tax, called the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT).  The question, is by how much?

A fire that started in an outbuilding next to a house on 1340 Lakeview Drive in Felton was almost entirely contained by quick-acting neighbors with a garden hose today.