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December 21, 2025

Dispatch Log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

Firefighters agree to defer raises

A 3 percent salary increase due to firefighters July 1 will be postponed under an agreement between firefighters and directors of the Scotts Valley Fire Protection District.

False prize checks from Canada flooding county

County residents including people in Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley are being flooded with phony prize notices that claim to be from Pepsi and Reader’s Digest announced the Santa Cruz District Attorney’s office on Tuesday.

Skating for Allie

A roller-skating fundraiser for Allie Pomianowski — a 2007 San Lorenzo Valley High graduate who was paralyzed from the chin down after suffering a broken neck in a car accident — is Saturday, June 6, at the Scotts Valley Sports and Events Center.

Eshoo to hold telephone town hall tonight

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) will be holding a telephone town hall meeting tonight, Tuesday, June 2 at 7 p.m.

Local state parks in jeopardy of closing

Henry Cowell State Park and Big Basin State Park would be among the 220 California state parks and beaches that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes to close as part of his latest plan to narrow California’s $24.3 billion budget deficit.

Mammoth library cuts proposed

The Felton and Boulder Creek libraries would be open for as few as eight hours a week and Scotts Valley only 24 hours under a revised budget proposal to be reviewed by the Santa Cruz County library board Monday, June 1.

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Highway 236 may close; Stone objects

Santa Cruz County Supervisor Mark Stone has asked Caltrans officials to find an alternative to the possible closure of Highway 236 for slip-out repairs.

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