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The Regional Artisans Association’s second Scotts Valley Mural in a Day project will be painted this Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19 in the Kings Village Shopping Center.

Within weeks after the shooting death of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s Sacramento backyard in March, who was shot eight times by Sacramento police officers who apparently mistook a cell phone for a gun, Assemblymember Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, introduced Assembly Bill 931. AB 931 proposes sweeping changes in state standards for the use of lethal force by police. The bill seeks to overturn the basis for use of lethal force by police from what is considered "reasonable" to what is considered "necessary." 

A public hearing in front of the Scotts Valley Planning Commission will begin at 6 p.m. May 13 at the City Council chambers, 1 Scotts Valley Drive to review the final supplemental environmental impact report of the former prospective Target development.

Motorists should expect intermittent delays of 20 to 30 minutes on Highway 236 in Boulder Creek next week as Caltrans replaces culverts near Oak Avenue between China Grade Road and Highway 9.

For the third consecutive year, a weekend-long music festival is coming to Boulder Creek to support the music programs at Camp Krem from April 24 to 26.

Precinct results of the June 7 primary in the Santa Cruz Mountains showed that among Democrats, Sen. Bernie Sanders was favored by a wide margin in San Lorenzo Valley communities, while Hillary Clinton was a slight favorite in Scotts Valley precincts.

Shoplifter found guilty