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January 25, 2026

Weekend brings holiday festival to Scotts Valley

Scotts Valley will ring in the holiday season with its annual tree-lighting festival Saturday, Dec. 5.

Business notes: Ben Lomond clinic to help smokers quit

Dr. Amy Solomon of Balance Health of Ben Lomond will offer a three-hour workshop for smokers, titled Tobacco Workshop: Quit in time for the New Year.

Scotts Valley man arrested in SC stabbing

Twenty-year-old Jabriel Levi Grisell of Scotts Valley was arrested for allegedly stabbing two men at a party in Santa Cruz last weekend.

Burn season opens

Open burn season - also known as backyard burn season - opened in Santa Cruz County today.

Trim for the Christmas tree

Scotts Valley will ring in the Holiday season with it's annual tree-lighting festival on Dec. 5.

Calling all Christmas letters

Readers in Scotts Valley, Bonny Doon and the San Lorenzo Valley are invited to send in their letters to Santa for publication in the Press-Banner. Letters should be less than 150 words long and must include the writer’s name, age and city or town. The deadline is Dec. 11.

School collects boxes to help kids in need

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.

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Christmas crafting in Boulder Creek

Felton tree goes greener

The 100-foot heritage tree in downtown Felton will be even greener than it appears this Christmas season.

SV library proposal is ready for viewing

The preliminary concepts for Scotts Valley’s 13,000-square-foot library will be unveiled at the Dec. 16 City Council meeting.

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Scotts Valley declares emergency over sinkhole at key intersection

At a Special Meeting held on Jan. 16 in the middle of the day, Scotts Valley City Council voted unanimously to declare a State...