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July 18, 2026

Valley People: Local artists featured in county exhibit

Local artists featured in county exhibit

Robert Jackson Witter

Robert Jackson Witter of Felton died Friday, Jan. 8, at a hospital in Watsonville. He was 64 years old.

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Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Camp workers may be near contract

The struggle between workers at Camp Recovery Center in Scotts Valley and administration over the workers’ first contract could be nearing an end after nearly a year of bargaining.

BC couple arrested in child molestation case

Boulder Creek’s Ronald Eugene McDougal, 55, was arrested last week on suspicion that he molested a young girl who lived with him and his wife.

Theater director flips the script

Director Scott Kravitz has an unorthodox style of cultivating the young actors and actresses he works with on stage each year.

Bonny Doon sets up fire safety group

In the wake of two years of summer fires that devastated parts of Bonny Doon, a group of locals hopes to help the mountain community prepare for the next blaze.

Camp workers, union leaders march again

Employees of Camp Recovery Center, local politicians and representatives from local unions marched on the corner of Mount Hermon Road and Glen Canyon Road this afternoon in the latest public display in the workers effort to unionize.

Mountain lion seen dead on Highway 17

A dead mountain lion was seen on the southbound side of Highway 17, near the Los Gatos cat statues this morning.

Man dies in wrong-way crash

An 80-year-old man driving the wrong direction on Highway 17 near Pasatiempo Drive was killed in a head-on crash early New Year’s morning.

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Bethany Drive overhead view

Developer skips meeting about Scotts Valley development that won’t need City...

It was a pitched battle—deciding whether or not to allow a storage facility at the site of mid-century office buildings along Bethany Drive in...