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News Briefs | Published April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

Free well water testing program expands in Santa Cruz County

Despite high temps and pile-burning setbacks, fire officials aren’t worrying just yet

News Briefs | Published April 3, 2026

Caltrans changes speed limits on portion of Highway 17

Fitness & Health: Swishing at 70

November 8, 2009

Tom Nordland is not your typical success story. He turns 70 soon, and it might be difficult to imagine him as a high school scoring champion.

Health & Fitness: Healing mind and body

November 8, 2009

A few small needles stick out of the ear of a man sitting in a circle of patients as soft music and the sweet aroma of incense waft through the Balance Studio Spa in Felton.

Health & Fitness: Women take on a martial art

November 8, 2009

Laurel Jacobson of Scotts Valley wears her tae kwon do second-degree black belt cinched around her waist with gusto: She can spar, break through boards and pose in the art’s many forms with ease.

Health & Fitness: Quit smoking for better health

November 8, 2009

Smoking cigarettes in California seems to be a practice that’s going out of style.

Scotts Valley man killed in Highway 1 crash

November 6, 2009

Scotts Valley’s Jose Absalon Barrientos was killed on his way to a family picnic when a driver crashed head-on into his Harley-Davidson on Highway 1 last Sunday afternoon.

Dispatch Log

November 6, 2009

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Motown with a twist comes to Felton

November 6, 2009

Motown’s greatest hits are coming to Felton — but not in their usual form.

Local agencies hope cash will flow soon

November 6, 2009

Most of the county’s local agencies, including its special districts — fire, water, parks and recreation — have applied for bond money that will pay back property tax money borrowed by California to balance the state budget.

Teenager arrested in Boulder Creek DUI crash

November 6, 2009

Samuel Zehr, a 19-year-old from Ben Lomond, suffered major injuries when his Ford Mustang flipped on its side while he was driving on Love Creek Road.

From ashes to home

November 6, 2009

When the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District burned down an old wood-framed cabin in Boulder Creek during a training day in December, there was no sense of what could rise from the ashes.

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