Winter festival smiles
The annual Winter Festival at San Lorenzo Valley Middle School raised $1,600 for Valley Churches United Missions on Friday, Dec. 18.
Scotts Valley City Council to consider raising wastewater rates
Scotts Valley residents could see an increase in wastewater rates as the city looks to fund improvements to its collection and treatment system.
The last time the Scotts Valley City Council voted to increase wastewater rates, which currently sit at $46.49 a month for single-family...
Boulder Creek Man Killed in Solo Accident
A 72-year-old Boulder Creek man died in a crash early Sunday when his vehicle went off the road along Highway 17, authorities said.
Stephen Gardner was headed northbound around 12:50am, just south of El Rancho Drive, when he lost control of his 1999-era BMW, according...
‘These bikes are not your old recumbent’
Erik Fetch, spotted Saturday at the Scotts Valley Farmers Market, rode a standard bicycle the equivalent of 10 times around the world before he decided to try a recumbent bicycle. That’s the kind you lean back on and pedal with your feet in front rather than down below.
News Briefs | Published Aug. 8, 2025
Intertie Project paving scheduled for Saturday
Construction on the Santa Cruz-Scotts Valley Intertie Project is entering its final phases, with roadway restoration on La Madrona Drive scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 9.
To minimize disruption for weekday traffic and nearby schools, the work is planned for the...
Return to form: Agape Dance comes to Scotts Valley
The music rises, and the worn, bare wooden floor is suddenly barraged with dancers in leotards, tights and leg warmers. Their skirts twirl and lift as they spin and leap across the studio, their reflections bright and ephemeral in the mirror. With a quick...
New dashboard details school-based Covid-19 testing results
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (COE) has launched a dashboard that summarizes Covid-19 testing results across schools countywide.
The dashboard is a partnership with school districts, Inspire Diagnostics and the Santa Cruz County Department of Public Health, COE spokesman Nick Ibarra...
Home and Garden: As fresh as it gets
The sweet smell of damp, rich earth combined with ripening vegetables drifts lazily over terraced rows of plants on a warm spring afternoon at Love Apple Farms in Scotts Valley.
Zayante couple’s romantic dinner plans thwarted by crash
As a leukemia survivor who’s aware of his fragile immune system, 53-year-old David Dougherty doesn’t often risk heading out into public with his 50-year-old wife, Rebecca.
Caring for an adult son with autism also makes a carefree night on the town an uncommon occurrence for...
News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025
Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...
