The Scotts Valley City Council passed a budget with roughly $300,000 in cuts to the general fund last week as the city prepares for the expiration of Measure C, a quarter-cent sales tax, in 2011.
Twins often graduate from high school on the same day. Sometimes, a younger sibling will complete elementary school as an elder brother or sister finishes middle school or high school. But for two Boulder Creek sisters and their mother, this spring was a graduation bonanza, as all three joined the Class of 2010.
Scott Shults, 41, lived in a nursing home for nine years after an accident that left him with brain damage and in a wheelchair. Shults was 27 years old at the time.
For a second time in two weeks, many local voters will head to the polls to choose candidates for political office. The June 22 election, however, is much different from the gubernatorial primary that took place two weeks ago, on June 8.