Face-to-face with your overseas soldier
Free high-end videoconferences for military families with loved ones in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan are now available, thanks to a partnership between Felton-based Satellite Telework Center and an organization named Freedom Calls.
Water work continues
The Scotts Valley Water District began construction on a major water main extension project that will supply recycled water for irrigation to major customers in the city.
Valley people
Eric Johnson, an American Medical Response paramedic based in Boulder Creek and Santa Cruz, has completed 30 years as a paramedic with the organization.
Newcomer takes in new farmers market
Saturday’s farmers market represented a new beginning for Scotts Valley. It was a coming-of-age event, a celebration of the community’s maturity, a joining with other towns that have long had farmers markets. It was a signal that Scotts Valley has arrived.
Felton resident leaves a bundle to community
A longtime Felton resident who died late last year left more than $300,000 to three public entities in Felton, including the cash-strapped library.
Cabrillo costs rise with new bill
The wallets of Cabrillo College students will feel a little lighter than last year when fall semester rolls around.
Shelter offers temporary discount cat adoptions
Santa Cruz County Animal Services has special low prices on the adoptions of more than 200 cats and kittens that need new homes.
‘These bikes are not your old recumbent’
Erik Fetch, spotted Saturday at the Scotts Valley Farmers Market, rode a standard bicycle the equivalent of 10 times around the world before he decided to try a recumbent bicycle. That’s the kind you lean back on and pedal with your feet in front rather than down below.
Local tourism reaches more than $1.4B in Santa Cruz County region
As National Travel and Tourism Week reaches its midpoint in the United States, Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) announced that the local tourism industry...