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Scotts Valley
September 13, 2025

Home ownership cost rising

The Scotts Valley City Council unanimously adopted a State-required housing plan, known as the Housing Element to the General Plan, at a special meeting on March 23.

Scotts Valley students graduate, garner awards

Scotts Valley High School seniors garnered a bucketload of awards and scholarships for their hard word. The following list describes them. San Lorenzo Valley High School graduates will appear in next week’s edition.

Graham Hill construction ready to begin

After several years of planning, the $2.7 million Graham Hill Road improvement project is set to begin at the end of the month.

Local state parks in jeopardy of closing

Henry Cowell State Park and Big Basin State Park would be among the 220 California state parks and beaches that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes to close as part of his latest plan to narrow California’s $24.3 billion budget deficit.

Dispatch

Scotts Valley Police DepartmentAugust 1910:08 p.m. Health & Safety Offense.Subject contacted for trespassingon property from which he had beenrecently evicted on Mt. Hermon Rd.,SV. Evaluated for narcotics, testedpositive. Arrested.August 2000:09 a.m.: Battery at Best Western,Scotts Valley Dr., SV. Victim wasattacked by two suspects. Arrested.August 213:28 p.m.: Urinating in public at PG&EPlant on Mt. Hermon Rd., SV. Suspecthiding in bushes, possibly trying to cutfence to enter PG&E site. Arrested.9:19 p.m.: Male subject detained for theft outside K-Mart onMt. Hermon Rd., SV. Arrested.10:09 p.m.: Male suspect detained fordriving under the influence at Union 76gas station on Mt. Hermon Rd., SV. Arrested.Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s OfficeAugust 186:36 p.m.: Female detained for prostitutionon 6000 block of Scotts Valley Blvd, SV. ArrestedAugust 205:50 a.m.: Male subject in Felton foundto have two outstanding warrants aswell as approximately 4.3grams ofsuspected methamphetamine. Arrested.9:25 a.m.: Male subject on GrandviewStreet in Felton accused of criminalthreats and domestic violence. Arrested.4:00 p.m.: Publicly intoxicated male subjecttaken into custody on 6000 block of Graham HillRd., in Felton. Arrested.August 221:35 p.m.: Male subject in Felton in possessionof open container, under the influence ofalcohol, and in violation of his probationterms. Arrested.5:07 p.m.: Subject with outside agency mis-demeanor warrant on 6000 block of GrahamHill Rd., Felton. Arrested.

Measure Q gets underway with citizen oversight, funding allocation

With the overwhelming approval of Measure Q, formally known as the “Santa Cruz County Safe Drinking Water, Clean Beaches, Wildfire Risk Reduction and Wildlife Protection Act,” County staff and partners are establishing the structure necessary to fulfill voters’ vision, including soliciting members of the...

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SLVWD inches closer to completion on major projects

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District is in the process of replacing three undersized and leaking redwood tanks in Lompico, as well as replacing 3.3 miles of pipeline that were deemed inefficient, ineffective (due to age and size) and undersized for fire flow in...

Felton teens caught after graffiti spree

Two teens from Felton went on a graffiti rampage that included racial slurs and profanity on private and city property in Scotts Valley last week.

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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...