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April 3, 2026

Rehab center union, employees picket again

Members of Camp Recovery Center joined local union representatives and a few politicians this week as they marched with picket signs in front of the Scotts Valley drug and alcohol rehabilitation center to protest wages, benefits and working conditions.

Valley People: BC group delivers goodies to seniors

A group led by Boulder Creek’s Arlene LaBorde and Kay Tomagni delivered 182 baskets and shoeboxes full of goodies to residents of the Santa Cruz Skilled Nursing Center in Live Oak last week.

News Briefs

Mountain Community Theater needs a stage manager for its production of “The Fantasticks” that opens Jan. 22 at Park Hall in Ben Lomond.

Lightening the load

Buffalo Bills rookie offensive lineman and 2003 San Lorenzo Valley High School graduate Andy Levitre donated $5,000 to San Lorenzo Valley High School to help build stadium lights at the school’s sports complex.

Newspaper office sets holiday hours

The Press-Banner office will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24 and 25, and Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 to observe the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Felton stabbing investigation continues

A suspect in the double stabbing at Felton Covered Bridge Park pleaded not guilty in court this week, even as police continue their search for a second attacker.

Lynn Allen ‘Butch’ Bachman

Lynn Allen “Butch” Bachman of Boulder Creek died Dec. 3 at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz at the age of 58.

Business Notes: Hospital grounds to go smokeless in new year

As of Jan. 1, 2010, smoking will be completely prohibited throughout the grounds of Dominican Hospital and Dominican Rehabilitation Services in Santa Cruz.

Nick of Time gift guide

Be thankful. Spend less. Those seem to be the watchwords this Christmas in the Year of the Bleak Economy.

Nick of Time gift guide: Word on the Street

In the spirit of the gift-giving season, we asked local residents: “What was the best Christmas gift you have ever given or received?”

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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...