A bill to make it easier to form a Santa Cruz County open space district moved out of an Assembly committee this week after last-minute opposition by agricultural interests threatened to kill it.
A WILD TIME: Dan Johnson as Mowgli, a wild boy raised by wolves, casts a wary eye in the direction of Sage Wilkinson playing Shere Khan, a scheming tiger in “The Jungle Book: Welcome to the Jungle,” to be performed by Little People’s Repertory Theatre of San Lorenzo Valley. The original rock musical, written by LPRT executive director Janinne Chadwick, will run July 23 through Aug. 2 at Park Hall in Ben Lomond. For tickets
Santa Cruz County is preparing to appeal a judge’s decision that the county wrongly withheld tax revenues destined for Scotts Valley, virtually ensuring that taxpayers will end up footing legal bills exceeding $1 million.
Safeway stores in Scotts Valley, Felton and throughout the region will collect donated food items during July to boost the summer food drive of Second Harvest Food Bank, which assists the needy.
For a change, Scotts Valley Kiwanis Club members were treated to a meal on Wednesday, July 8, instead of providing a community service, as they usually do.