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April 10, 2026

News Briefs: Follies seeks singers

The Santa Cruz Follies will have open auditions Feb. 20 for singers and dancers age 50 and older to perform in a September show at the Civic Auditorium.

BC Rec moves forward in grant race

Boulder Creek Recreation and Parks District is doing all it can to win a $5 million grant that would launch the building of a new recreation headquarters in downtown Boulder Creek.

Valley People: SLV High senior wins scholarship

Torunn Cecelia Sweers, a senior at San Lorenzo Valley High School, has won the countywide Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen contest — including a $500 scholarship and entry into the next level of competition.

Hearing on tap for SV water rate hike

Directors of the Scotts Valley Water District will vote on a proposed water rate increase after hearing from the public next week.

County chooses planning director

Kathy Previsich was named Santa Cruz County’s next planning director this week.

Redwood revival

The Redwood Mountain Faire will return this summer, and organizers are recruiting bands to fill the one-day festival with song and music.

Cabrillo trims classes

With 15 fewer classes than last spring and 22 classes fewer than in spring 2008, enrollment at the Cabrillo College branch in Scotts Valley has been cut almost in half from a year ago.

Mountain lion sightings not uncommon

Mountain lions are no strangers to the valley, but if one messes with residents’ livestock, it could be put to death, California Department of Fish and Game officials have said.

Jennifer Campbell Flippen

Jennifer Campbell Flippen of Royal Oaks died Saturday, Jan. 23, at the age of 54.

Dog abuser sentenced to jail, counseling, probation

Convicted dog abuser Robert Brunette has been sentenced to a year in county jail and won’t be allowed to own any dogs for five years after that, after he was found guilty of nine counts of dog abuse last month.

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