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April 4, 2026

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Recycle Christmas trees in January

Harold ‘Hal’ Basinger

A service will be in August for Harold Basinger, who died of leukemia at the Veterans Affairs Hospice in Palo Alto this month.

Dispatch Log

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

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.

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Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

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Valley towns miss out on grant money

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Cal Fire firefighter looks at pile burn area

Despite high temps and pile-burning setbacks, fire officials aren’t worrying just yet

Scott Weese, a division chief with Cal Fire CZU, spends plenty of time pouring over forest-fuel-environment maps and briefing safety crews on weather conditions. The...