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April 26, 2026

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?”

SV man still a suspect in Santa Cruz stabbing

Police resubmitted a report regarding a double stabbing last week in Santa Cruz, an incident in which a Scotts Valley man is the prime suspect.

Dispatch Log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Music festival returns after multiyear hiatus

A San Lorenzo Valley music festival that was discontinued in 1996 after an 18-year run is back on the docket for the summer.

Family of paralyzed Boulder Creek woman recounts accident

Boulder Creek resident Michelle Kiss never imagined she would have to ask strangers for help. But after her 26-year-old daughter, Jamie, was in a car accident that paralyzed her from the waist down this summer, she had few options.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published April 24, 2026

Civil Grand Jury applications due soon Santa Cruz County Superior Court is accepting applications for its Civil Grand Jury, a 19-member volunteer panel that reviews...