Maureen Stebbins, the Felton fixture who has owned and operated Mo’s Daycare for the past 37 years, is closing up shop.

The valley will see consolidated bus routes and reduced services come September after Metro board members approved 10 percent in cuts to balance its scant budget last week. The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District board members also declared a fiscal emergency and passed a two-year budget that relies heavily on reserves at their regular monthly meeting Friday, June 25.

A group of 20 dog owners and their families gathered at the Scotts Valley Dog Park last week to mend fences, pull weeds and generally spruce up Scotts Valley’s 1.2-acre haven for dogs.

Photos from Boulder Creek Recreation's summer camp program.

Disk-drive manufacturer Seagate Technology will clear out the majority of its Scotts Valley campus and move its corporate headquarters to Cupertino, the company announced this week.