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November 12, 2025

Dispatch Log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Camp workers may be near contract

The struggle between workers at Camp Recovery Center in Scotts Valley and administration over the workers’ first contract could be nearing an end after nearly a year of bargaining.

BC couple arrested in child molestation case

Boulder Creek’s Ronald Eugene McDougal, 55, was arrested last week on suspicion that he molested a young girl who lived with him and his wife.

Theater director flips the script

Director Scott Kravitz has an unorthodox style of cultivating the young actors and actresses he works with on stage each year.

Bonny Doon sets up fire safety group

In the wake of two years of summer fires that devastated parts of Bonny Doon, a group of locals hopes to help the mountain community prepare for the next blaze.

Camp workers, union leaders march again

Employees of Camp Recovery Center, local politicians and representatives from local unions marched on the corner of Mount Hermon Road and Glen Canyon Road this afternoon in the latest public display in the workers effort to unionize.

Mountain lion seen dead on Highway 17

A dead mountain lion was seen on the southbound side of Highway 17, near the Los Gatos cat statues this morning.

Man dies in wrong-way crash

An 80-year-old man driving the wrong direction on Highway 17 near Pasatiempo Drive was killed in a head-on crash early New Year’s morning.

On the hunt for Santa Cruz’s explosive past

Barry Brown’s cerulean eyes sparkle behind his glasses when he talks about gunpowder.

A new tool for fighting fires

Aiming to be better prepared for fire season, the Zayante Fire District and Scotts Valley Fire District agreed to split the cost of a heavy-duty wood chipper that will be shared between the two agencies.

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