Supervisors approve changes to Public Defender office
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a plan to move the county’s public defender services from a private law firm to one run by the County.
The plan has garnered support from the current public defenders, as well as...
Investigator: SLV Teacher ‘Engaged in Predatory Grooming’
When Leann Anderson was a senior at San Lorenzo Valley High School, during the 2018-19 school year, physical contact she says she received from social studies teacher Eric Kahl started to cross a line.
He would take her away from her schoolwork to have conversations...
Update: Boulder Creek shooting victim ID’d
BOULDER CREEK—The 18-year-old who was killed Saturday at a party at a Boulder Creek residence—Rowan Parham—was described as a man who loved his friends and family, a sentiment that was returned by the people who knew him.
“Anyone that knew Rowan, knew that he was...
Local tapped to helm Scotts Valley public works department
Scotts Valley has tapped a civil engineer who lives in town to take the reins of its second-largest department.
As the new public works director and city engineer, Chris Lamm will be in charge of engineering, recreation, wastewater treatment and building projects, as well as...
Salesforce Deal With 1440 Multiversity to Create 100 jobs
The latest business move by Salesforce, the San Francisco software company that nets around $4 billion a year, will result in 100 new jobs being created in Scotts Valley, officials said.
In describing their deal to create “Trailblazer Ranch” in partnership with local wellness center...
BCFPD readies for debris flows
Editor’s note: This is the first entry in a multi-part series about debris flows and what local first responders are doing to prepare for a possible event.
Boulder Creek Fire Protection District Chief Mark Bingham has seen fire. For the better part of this fall,...
Trout Farm Inn destroyed by fire
Brian Reynolds was sitting on his deck on West Zayante Road in Felton on the lazy Sunday afternoon of June 5, looking back across Zayante Creek to the restaurant he had owned for two years a decade ago.
BC’s oldest building for sale
The Board of Directors of the San Lorenzo Water District voted last week to declare its original home – and the home of its predecessors – as “surplus property,” with the intent to sell the small frame administration building on Highway 9 in Boulder Creek.
Author pens first published novel
There are many perks to being self-employed in Santa Cruz County: time to hike, time to surf, time for family, time to write the great American novel.
More than 250 articles and a book later, the ‘Valley Doctor’ bids adieu
After 25 years in Scotts Valley urgent care, followed by 12 years as a health columnist at the Press Banner, Dr. Terry Hollenbeck is leaving this publication to focus on his health and family.
The “Valley Doctor” leaves with these words of advice: “Take the...
LAFCO examines governance solutions for Felton Fire Protection District
Santa Cruz LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) directed staff on June 4 to conduct an analysis of all possible governance options for consideration and...
