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October 8, 2026

Obituary: Adriana Grisole Di Pietro

Adriana Grisole Di Pietro

City Council Waives Fees For 2 Local Fundraisers

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Scotts Valley City Council during its Feb. 16 meeting voted unanimously to skip collecting fees for a pair of upcoming fundraisers, including an event where firefighters will compete against each other to support people who have suffered burns. Speaking as a dispatch radio sang intermittently...

Students celebrate Christmas giveaway

Baymonte Christian School assembled 509 boxes as part of its annual Operation Christmas Child project. The boxes will be shipped overseas for orphaned children worldwide.

It’s official: McPherson takes 5th District race

The finalized results of the Nov. 6 election were certified by the Santa Cruz County Clerk’s office Tuesday, Dec. 4, bringing to close one of the more drawn-out — and expensive — supervisorial elections in recent county history.

SVUSD Approves $13K Contract for Inclusivity Training

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The Scotts Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees approved a two-year $13,200 contract with a Phoenix, Ariz.-based company for inclusivity training services.  Inclusion Counts, LLC will provide a series of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) sessions between November 2021 and June 2022, including conducting...

SLV Middle School preparing kids for next generation

Principal Shannon Calden is excited that her students at San Lorenzo Valley Middle School will get the opportunity to become student tech leaders in the inaugural Google GenerationYES Program.

Update: Boulder Creek shooting victim ID’d

BOULDER CREEK—The 18-year-old who was killed Saturday at a party at a Boulder Creek residence—Rowan Parham—was described as a man who loved his friends and family, a sentiment that was returned by the people who knew him. “Anyone that knew Rowan, knew that he was...

The Tradition of Thanksgiving

Year after year, 94% of Americans sit down to a Thanksgiving dinner consisting of a roasted turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole with marshmallows, a green vegetable of some sort and followed by pumpkin pie and whipped cream. This dinner,...

Covid-19 outbreak linked to show at Felton Music Hall

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At least four concertgoers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus after attending a Grateful Dead-themed performance in Felton, although none had to be hospitalized, Santa Cruz County health officials said Tuesday. “That meets the definition of an outbreak,” said Santa Cruz County spokesperson Jason...

City to consider sales tax increase to balance deficit

At the Wednesday, July 17 meeting of the Scotts Valley City Council, city leaders voted to move forward with a plan that could call for a special election in November to address the city’s growing budget deficits.

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Scotts Valley graduate receives Teamsters scholarship

Violeta Dauksa of Scotts Valley has been named a recipient of a 2026 scholarship from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship Fund. Dauksa is a...