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November 9, 2025

A Firelight in the darkness

Since its founding in 2000, the Firelight Foundation in Santa Cruz has shouldered a critical share of the burden of fighting AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

Billie Gerardi

A memorial will be Sunday, Jan. 2, for longtime Felton resident Billie Gerardi, who died at her home the day after Christmas. She was 96.

A gift from Santa’s postal elf

Every year for the past few years, in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, I’ve enjoyed a very special duty. My mail carrier brings me all the letters that local children write to Santa Claus.

City bans marijuana shops

The Scotts Valley City Council had three choices before it Dec. 15: Allow and regulate medicinal marijuana dispensaries in Scotts Valley. Simply stay silent on the issue. Or prohibit dispensaries altogether.

Dispatch Log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

News briefs

Valley towns miss out on grant money

Art boutique finds permanent home in Scotts Valley

Artists will finally have a place to sell their wares in Scotts Valley.

Suicide victim found in Big Basin

BOULDER CREEK — After a two-day search of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, a man’s body with a single gunshot wound was found by sheriff’s search-and-rescue teams Thursday, Dec. 16.

Valley People

Tunes for our troops

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Nov. 7, 2025

Holiday Art & Craft Fair returns this Saturday Spring Lakes Park’s third annual Holiday Art & Craft Fair is set for Saturday, Nov. 8, from...