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Several decades of planning and hard work came to fruition Saturday morning as Scotts Valley’s new library at long-last opened its doors to the public.

When Ben Lomond’s Frank Wyllie stopped to talk to the Regional Occupation Program construction and engineering classes at San Lorenzo Valley High School this month, a page of history opened up.

At approximately 3:15 AM today (01/28) an approximately 80 lineal feet on Bear Creek Road at the Eddie Ranch dropped off into Bear Creek destroying approximately 60 lineal feet of the District 8” water line and reducing Bear Creek Road to one lane.  This  location has been monitored for some time as the road has been sinking at this location as indicated by the layers of asphalt that have been place to correct the dip.  In fact as precautionary the District installed isolation vales at this location in anticipation of the road failure and has performed leak detection several times to ensure main line integrity.  This main is the feed to Bear Creek Estates and Ralston Ridge storage facilities.  Staff responded immediately shutting down mainline valves isolating the break and are in the process of installing a bypass main.  It is anticipated that  water supply will be restored to the approximately 20 homes that are experiencing an outage at this time as a result of the main break by 8:00 AM.   Fire flow in the area will be reduced through the bypass main.  Bear Creek Estates and Ralston Ridge have storage tanks and fire flow will not be affected. 

A 62-year-old man from Los Gatos died after the 2008 Victory Vision motorcycle he was driving collided with a 2003 Toyota Tundra on Pacific Coast Highway at Dimeo Lane, Saturday afternoon. California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene just after 2pm. The initial investigation determined...

Baymonte Christian School collected 361 shoeboxes of hygiene supplies and toys that will travel around the world as part of Operation Christmas Child, a nationwide effort to help needy children.

Margaret Mary (Falco) Thompson, founder of the historical Tree Circus amusement park, died Dec. 14 at her Bean Creek home in Scotts Valley. She was 86.

As news of the devastating Camp Fire dominated the media this week, several residents in Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley felt compelled to help in any way possible.

After residing in the mountains over the San Lorenzo Valley for a quarter of a century, the new owner of Boulder Creek Hardware & Feed believes he understands the unique needs of area residents.