The Scotts Valley Unified School District is one of the latest California school systems to voice support for legislation that would make it easier for communities to enact parcel taxes for schools.
A $17.6 million budget for 2009-10 that cuts several teaching and other positions was adopted this week by trustees of Scotts Valley Unified School District.
After a year’s hiatus due to fire danger, the Scotts Valley Fourth of July fireworks show is back in full swing, and that means heavy crowds and traffic during and after the event.
Major hour cutbacks across the Santa Cruz Public Library System take effect next week, including severe reductions in open hours to the Felton and Boulder Creek branches.
The Santa Cruz County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association agreed with the county to forgo pay raises and take 50 hours of unpaid furloughs for each of the next two years.
Patrick William McMillan has been accepted into the United States Military Academy at West Point and will begin four years of academic schooling after six weeks of Cadet Basic Training.
We asked Lt. John Hohmann, veteran Scotts Valley motorcycle officer, to take a half-hour spin on the Zero S electric motorcycle. Wearing his leather jacket and shades, Hohmann rode the bike on the highway, on some curves and idled through mild traffic in Scotts Valley.