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After burning in the hills north and west of Bonny Doon for 11 days, the Lockheed Fire was fully contained by Cal Fire crews earlier this week.

Scotts Valley is on the road to greener horizons — by making solar energy more accessible to locals. Like many jurisdictions, including Santa Cruz, Berkeley, San Jose and Elk Grove, the city has waived permit fees for homeowners and businesses to install solar panels.

The nonprofit Valley Churches United Missions is collecting donations to help 59 adults and seven children displaced by the Aug. 18 fire at the Brookdale Inn and Spa.

Mark Stone, Santa Cruz County Fifth District supervisor and Scotts Valley resident, was appointed to the California Coastal Commission this week.

Oral arguments are set to begin in Michael McClish’s appeal of a 2007 jury conviction that sent the Ben Lomond resident to prison for sodomy, rape and assault with a deadly weapon.

In a show of community commitment on a sunny Saturday afternoon, residents convened at a town hall meeting to create a link between local issues and state government representation with Assemblyman Bill Monning.