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March 22, 2026

Spaghetti fundraiser for BC man in coma

There will be a fundraiser dinner the first Sunday of August for Timmy Hatch, a 25-year-old Boulder Creek resident who slipped into a coma May 24 a few hours after being hit in the head with a baseball.

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Air Force Airman 1st Class Shane Barron, a 2005 San Lorenzo Valley High School graduate and a 2007 graduate of NASCAR Technical Institute in North Carolina, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Bonny Doon fire installs surplus water tanks

Volunteers in the Bonny Doon Fire Protection District have fully installed two large water storage tanks in the Pine Ridge Road area and have three more tanks on standby looking for homes.

Motivational speaker comes to SV

Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs. But the 26-year-old Australian has found a way to give his life meaning.

New to the service center

If it’s up to him, Sgt. Jim Ross will start each day walking through one of the towns in his new stomping grounds, the San Lorenzo Valley.

West Nile virus detected in Scotts Valley

A house finch found dead in northern Scotts Valley tested positive for the West Nile virus on July 7.

String of SV burglaries has police looking for leads

Scotts Valley police are investigating five burglaries of small commercial business on Scotts Valley Drive that occurred in the past month-and-a-half.

Highway 236 opens to one-way traffic

Highway 236 in Boulder Creek opened to one-way traffic on July 14 after being completely closed since June 22 while Caltrans crews brought in heavy machinery to repair the two-lane highway.

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