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April 6, 2025
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3rd Annual Touch-a-Truck Fundraiser for Scotts Valley Ed Foundation

The 3rd Annual Touch-A-Truck fundraiser rolls into town this Sunday, April 28. The Skypark event attracts thousands of visitors and raises funds for local public schools through the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation (SVEF). 

Correction

Sebastian Praly’s name was misspelled in the December 20 article “Pump track construction nears in Skypark,” (page 4). Also, Katelyn Pray’s age was misstated in the same article. She is 15.

Blakeslee, Laird to square off in candidate forum

The four candidates vying for an open seat in the 15th state Senate District will participate in a forum next week to answer questions from the press and public.

SLVUSD to use $25-million bond for school upgrades

SLVUSD June 8 meeting
Over the past year, the financial world has been playing the big guessing game of what will happen to interest rates as authorities seek to calm inflation without causing too much pain. School officials had been zoned-in for just such an exercise here in...

Colter White is free

Boulder Creek’s Colter White was released from prison today, after spending more than a month behind bars.

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‘Valengrams’ available for special someone

Ben Lomond Man Dies in Highway Crash

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A 61-year-old man from Ben Lomond died after his car veered off Highway 17 and smashed into a metal pole Sunday. Just before 9am, Thomas Jacobson was approaching El Rancho Drive northbound when his 1991 Honda left the road for an unknown reason. Investigators say it’s...

SV Town Center stalls on price

The two-decade-old Town Center project has ground to a halt, as developer Foothill Partners and City of Scotts Valley are unable to agree to terms with the City of Santa Cruz.

Scotts Valley firm takes on new attorney

The longtime Scotts Valley law firm of Dawson, Passafuime, Bowden and Martinez has another name to add to its sign — Christopher M. Wolcott.

Utility Regulator Turns Up Heat On PG&E After Recent Outages

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A California energy regulator has become so vexed with troubled power provider PG&E following months of planned and unplanned outages it’s started to crackdown. In a Nov. 1 letter to Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Chair Bruce McPherson, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President...

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Highway 9 vegetation control work continues with daytime traffic control

Caltrans continues with a vegetation control project over the entire length of Highway 9 in Santa Cruz County in support of California’s Wildfire and...