Laurie Pina, a Montevalle mobile-home park resident, uses 50 percent less water than the average person in Scotts Valley. The 55-year-old conservationist does all her outdoor watering by hand, uses mulch to keep the soil moist, and has replaced most of her landscape with drought-tolerant plants.

The Scotts Valley City Council unanimously voted to enter 150-day agreement with a new developer to move forward with plans for the city’s much anticipated Town Center.

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.

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Economic times might seem dismal, but that hasn’t stopped a handful of Scotts Valley businesses from successfully opening up shop.

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.

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.