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Someone reported seeing a mountain lion in a tree-filled backyard of a Scotts Valley home early Christmas morning, according to the Scotts Valley Police Department.

News briefs

January 1, 2010

Christmas tree recycling

By historical standards, the year 2009 will likely be remembered most as President Obama’s first in the Oval Office. Congress passed stimulus packages of all shapes and sizes, and the nation’s military presence in Afghanistan increased in an effort to quell rising violence there. But in the San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley, the ebb and flow of the economy seemed to drive the news this year. Here’s a look back on the year’s biggest events in our community.

Monday mess

December 29, 2009

Scotts Valley city workers had a mess to clean up Monday after one of its garbage trucks lost its trailer, spilling rubbish near the intersection of Mt. Hermon and Glen Canyon roads on Monday.

Fast-food track

December 24, 2009

Jack in the Box is set to join Scotts Valley’s fast-food ranks in the beginning of 2010. The fast-food chain plans to build in place of the former Scotts Valley Diner and Denny’s, between Chevron and Best Western.

Cold weather haunts homeless in SLV

December 24, 2009

Michele Beard has been homeless off and on for 2½ years, since she divorced from her husband. While sitting in the kitchen at Mountain Community Resources in Felton, the well-spoken 41-year-old said life without a home is about surviving the day-to-day — which can be especially difficult in the winter.

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