SVUSD trustees adopt budget, confirm layoffs
A $17.6 million budget for 2009-10 that cuts several teaching and other positions was adopted this week by trustees of Scotts Valley Unified School District.
Police urge residents to walk to SV fireworks
After a year’s hiatus due to fire danger, the Scotts Valley Fourth of July fireworks show is back in full swing, and that means heavy crowds and traffic during and after the event.
Library cuts slash service at Felton, Boulder Creek branches
Major hour cutbacks across the Santa Cruz Public Library System take effect next week, including severe reductions in open hours to the Felton and Boulder Creek branches.
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.
Incumbent Greg Wimp and Monterey County transportation agency official Michael Zeller...
With 3,524 votes counted so far in the Scotts Valley City Council contest, the incumbent, Greg Wimp—the political body's newest member, was leading the...



















