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April 6, 2025

Extending a helping paw

Suppose you’ve decided to get a family pet — as a watchdog, to teach the kids responsibility

Scotts Valley stuff hits national TV

Scotts Valley had a brush with Hollywood when the cast and crew of A&E Television’s show “Storage Wars” filmed an episode Nov. 11 through 14 at the Storage Depot on Mount Hermon Road.

SVPD welcomes a new dog in town

For the first time in more than 40 years, The Scotts Valley Police Department will have its very own K-9 unit.

SLV graduate Lucas C. Trader has completed basic infantry training

The Joint Hometown News Service of the Defense Media Activity in Fort Mead, Maryland notified the Press-Banner that San Lorenzo Valley High School Class of 2013 graduate Lucas C. Trader has completed basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He is now Private First Class in the U.S. Army National Guard.

Funding Empowerment

Beginning the week of July 20th through August 14th, black youth throughout the county can take part in an empowerment workshop put on by Chloe Gentile-Montgomery, a 2017 Santa Cruz High School graduate.  The program will give black youth the opportunity to learn about black history, building community, and meet other community members over Zoom for four weeks.  

Water district directors take gloves off

Directors and the manager of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District confronted their critics head-on last week in a tense, standing-room-only setting in the Felton Community Hall.

Culvert repair to cause delays on Highway 9 this week

Motorists on Highway 9 can expect traffic delays of up to 10 minutes south of Glengarry Road between Felton and Santa Cruz for four days, starting Tuesday.

Business Notes

Furniture remodeler wins top award

Felton Library may be threatened

MONDAY UPDATE:

FBI investigates Scotts Valley businessman with ties to Giuliani

George Dickson III
The FBI on June 22 visited the Aptos home of a man with ties to New York attorney Rudy Giuliani for a “court-authorized law enforcement activity,” the FBI confirmed Monday. An FBI spokesperson declined to comment further on the investigation into Scotts Valley businessman George...

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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...