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April 4, 2026

Newspaper hires two reporters

The Press-Banner has hired two new reporters to fill a vacancy left by the departure of reporter Michelle Camerlingo early this month.

Donnaclaire (Stevenson) Ryan Oct. 4, 1932 — Nov. 21, 2010

Longtime Ben Lomond resident Donnaclaire Ryan died Nov. 21 at Feather River Hospital in Paradise. She was 78.

Deputy praised in inmate escape incident

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to address Monday’s highly publicized inmate escape attempt in Santa Cruz.

The office comes even closer to home

With Silicon Valley a time-consuming and treacherous commute away and companies looking to trim costs, some local folks have found themselves working outside of the traditional office scenario via the Internet.

Business Notes

Group touts shopping locally

Heavy rains topple trees, cause damage

The strongest storm of the rainy season brought down trees, causing power failures as well as damage to homes and vehicles in the San Lorenzo Valley on Saturday night, Nov. 20, and into Sunday morning.

Dispatch Log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Ben Lomond hires volunteer as fire chief

Longtime Ben Lomond Fire Protection District volunteer firefighter Stacie Brownley is the district’s new chief.

Deputies find pot, assault weapons at five homes

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office discovered a large cache of marijuana and automatic weapons last week at five houses in Santa Cruz County, including one outside Scotts Valley and one in Bonny Doon.

News Briefs

Baymonte donates hundreds of boxes to needy

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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...