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April 7, 2026

Home & Garden: A fresh look at a familiar space

Felton resident Michelle Takemoto takes a room or home and completely updates the feel — without buying anything new.

Home & Garden: Word on the street

We asked local residents: What are your spring cleaning plans?

Home & Garden: Prepare your yard and garden for springtime

• Start cleaning up your lawn when the grass is no longer sopping wet and planting beds are no longer muddy. Rake your lawn to let light and air touch the soil and to encourage your grass to grow.

Man pleads not guilty in girlfriend’s death

Felton resident Richard Chavez pleaded not guilty in the death of his girlfriend, Deanna Dudley, at his March 18 arraignment in Santa Cruz.

Emmet John Gerrity

Emmet John Gerrity died March 9 at his home in Boulder Creek, surrounded by his friends and family, at the age of 84.

Sharing the gift of language

San Lorenzo Valley Elementary School fourth-graders pore over the Webster’s Thesauruses given to them last week by the SLV Rotary Club as part of an effort to promote local literacy.

Dispatch log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Census makes sure valleys are counted

Once-a-decade U.S. Census forms began arriving in mailboxes across the county this week, and outreach efforts to encourage residents in the rural San Lorenzo Valley area to participate are especially high.

Woman survives car’s 100-foot tumble

A 24-year-old woman in a Ford Taurus drove off the edge of Bean Creek Road in Scotts Valley and tumbled down an embankment more than 100 feet to the forest floor Wednesday afternoon, March 17, sustaining only minor injuries.

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MCR fundraiser nets $28,000

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Cal Fire firefighter looks at pile burn area

Despite high temps and pile-burning setbacks, fire officials aren’t worrying just yet

Scott Weese, a division chief with Cal Fire CZU, spends plenty of time pouring over forest-fuel-environment maps and briefing safety crews on weather conditions. The...