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Scotts Valley
April 3, 2026

SV school employee wins $2 million claim

A Scotts Valley Unified School District employee was awarded more than $2 million from a statewide insurance fund the district pays into after she sustained severe injuries in a car accident while on a school field trip in May 2007.

Valley People: Brandy to head college district

Mike Brandy of Scotts Valley, a retired vice chancellor of Foothill-DeAnza Community College District in Santa Clara County, is the district’s new interim chancellor.

Local state parks in jeopardy of closing

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

Change is in the food

Local restaurateurs will find a few changes in the San Lorenzo Valley this year.

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Much ado about Scotts Valley Performing Arts

Library board cuts $1.3 million

Scotts Valley, Felton and Boulder Creek libraries took major hits as the county library board slashed $1.3 million in an attempt to balance the system’s 2009-10 budget.

SV to turn sports center into library

Scotts Valley will acquire the cavernous Scotts Valley Sports and Event Center for $4.5 million and convert most of it into a new library branch that could be open as early as next year.

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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.

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Caltrans changes speed limits on portion of Highway 17

Caltrans announced March 18 that speed limits will change on a 0.74-mile segment along Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County, following a recent engineering...