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April 1, 2026

Sheriff’s office agrees to salary cut

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.

Valley People: McMillan off to West Point

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.

Road test: Lt. John Hohmann on the Zero S

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.

New electric motorcycle anything but a Zero

Zero Motorcycle founder and Chief Technical Officer Neal Saiki has promised comedian Jay Leno that the first street-legal Zero S electric motorcycle off the production line will go straight to Leno’s garage.

Report defines SLV watershed

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District is on its way to preserving the valley’s drinking water for generations to come.

News Briefs

Ham Radios in the field Saturday

SLV students prevent serious school fire

A group of San Lorenzo Valley High School students in the right place at the right time helped avert a serious fire at San Lorenzo Valley Middle School last week.

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Highway 9 daytime one-way reversing traffic control set for next week

Travelers will encounter daytime one-way reversing traffic control Monday through Friday at multiple locations on Highway 9 during the week of March 30. Caltrans noted...