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April 3, 2026

Year of Firsts: Nature Deficit Disorder

A reader left an online comment on my first column last week with a question about where I came from and why I moved here. I really didn’t think about it again until I sat down on my deck last night to read The New York Times on my Kindle.

Local man to race in Monterey this weekend

Scotts Valley-based Canepa Design will race a handful of cars at the annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races this weekend.

Bonny Doon resident pens her second mystery

As a little girl, Nancy Lynn Jarvis would curl up in bed at her grandmother’s house to read mystery after mystery.

Fire ravages 4,100 acres near Bonny Doon

UPDATE: Firefighters got a toehold overnight on the massive fire raging near Bonny Doon, reporting 5 percent containment on a fire that's now consumed 4,100 acres.

Motor home gets too hot for comfort

A motor home parked behind the Scotts Valley Diner on Scotts Valley Drive burst into flames at noon Tuesday, Aug. 13.

Valley People: All-American Scholar

As a sixth-grader in 2008-09, Baymonte Christian School’s Lexi Stevens was named an All-American Scholar At-Large winner.

Briefs: Beacons light up Highway 17

Beacons light up Highway 17

SLV grad directs the latest Disney hit

Felton native Hoyt Yeatman has made it to the top — literally.

Scotts Valley High construction nears end

A walk through the Scotts Valley High School campus this week shows a sight that has been all too familiar to students, parents and administrators since the school was built in 1999:

Business Notes: Party, donations, food

Kelly Chew, owner of The Card Shark printing and graphic design, threw a pizza party at Santa Cruz Pizza Co. for the Scotts Valley Little League team his company sponsors.

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