Valley People: Selling talent to fight leukemia
Gail McClelland of Scotts Valley got creative in fundraising for the June 6 marathon she is set to run for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training in San Diego.
Highway 9 near Felton to close
Highway 9 between Felton and Santa Cruz will be completely closed from the beginning of June until early October while Caltrans crews rebuild a section of the narrow mountain roadway.
Tour of California rolls through Bonny Doon on Tuesday
Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer and the rest of the professional cyclists racing the annual Amgen Tour of California will ride through Bonny Doon and into Santa Cruz for a finish at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Tuesday afternoon.
Scotts Valley is Spin City
Three hundred cyclists, both pros and amateurs, raced a 1-mile loop down Scotts Valley Drive and onto El Pueblo Road and Carbonero Way today for the inaugural Scotts Valley Grand Prix.
Secret gardens no longer
Twelve Bonny Doon homes will open their gardens to show colorful flowers, hedges, vegetable patches, groundcovers, ponds, fruit trees and more in a beautiful display of springtime handiwork next weekend.
Summer is time to remember pool safety
Robert Erwin, owner of Aloha Pool and Spa, spent two afternoons this week teaching swim lesson participants and their parents about the latest in pool safety at Siltanen Family Swim Center, while also signing them up for a free CPR class.
Taking hold in tough times
Economic times might seem dismal, but that hasn’t stopped a handful of Scotts Valley businesses from successfully opening up shop.
News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025
Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...