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April 9, 2026

News Briefs: Swine flu emergency ends

Santa Cruz County has declared that a local emergency relating to the spread of the H1N1 influenza virus is over.

Valley People: SV students in running for national scholarship

Five juniors from Scotts Valley High School have met the requirements to enter the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program based on strong Preliminary SAT scores. 

Business Notes: Zimbabwe art on local display

Santa Cruz County Bank has a new art exhibit on display. “Circle of Life” will be shown in bank locations across the county, including the Scotts Valley branch at 4604 Scotts Valley Drive.

Around Town: Green machines

Carolyn Burnett (from left), Sydney Giniezcki, Kristin Renn and David Foxx were among Sarah Hannaleck’s second-graders at Vine Hill Elementary School who sold plants on Earth Day to raise money for the Life Lab program at the school.

BC man arrested after allegedly tossing daughter onto Hwy 9

Boulder Creek resident Eric Rebert Johnston, 23, was arrested on suspicion of committing a series of violent acts against his 9-month-old daughter and his wife April 1 and has pleaded not guilty to several felony and misdemeanor counts.

John ‘Jack’ Sullivan

An Irish wake celebration is planned this weekend to commemorate the life of longtime San Lorenzo Valley resident John “Jack” Sullivan, who died April 15, 2010, in Ben Lomond. He was 85 years old.

Boulder Creek Elementary earns ‘distinguished’ honor

Boulder Creek Elementary School has been named one of only two distinguished elementary schools in Santa Cruz County by the California Department of Education.

News Briefs

Auditions open for summer musical

SV library gets city go-ahead

DESIGN PHASE DRAWs TO a CLOSE: 

DEc. 18, 1938 – March 26, 2010

Services will be Saturday for former San Lorenzo Valley resident George K. Frye, 71, who died in Clovis of pancreatic cancer after a brief illness.

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