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As polls closed tonight, Fifth District Supervisor candidate Monica Martinez was hanging out on the second floor of Bruno’s Bar and Grill in Scotts Valley with a sizable contingent that included multiple other candidates for political office. “We just had so many community members come...

Private well owners made their interests clear at a “stakeholders” meeting for the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency.  In a standing-room only meeting on May 31, nearly all of the 60 people at the meeting raised their hands when asked if they were representing private well owners.  

For nearly 15 years, Lisa Robinson has had her hand in the development and trajectory of the San Lorenzo Valley Museum.  With two locations—one in Boulder Creek and the other in Felton—Robinson oversees both venues and works closely with her staff to arrange exhibits, write...

Firefighters throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains were blanketed in surprise on June 29 when three women showed up with a number of free, hand-made quilts. Almost 80 firefighters from the Boulder Creek, Felton, Zayante and Ben Lomond fire protection districts received the gifts, which were...

San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley neighbors, think back to where you were a year ago today. If you lived in Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond, Felton, Zayante, Lompico, Bonny Doon or Scotts Valley, you had been evacuated from your home, courtesy of the...

The weekend before San Lorenzo Valley High School and Coast Redwood seniors graduate each June, it starts. As the end of the school year nears, scaffolding is erected along the front of SLVHS, forms are shaped and painted and visual effects are crafted. And...

Mark Meyer, 61, headed out of town for a wedding over the weekend, and on Sunday when he returned, pulling into his spacious driveway perched at the top of rural Scotts Valley near Lodato Park, he noticed a protrusion along the ridgeline toward Aptos. The...

Coffee, tea and chai drinkers in Felton can breathe a sigh of relief: The White Raven — the one-of-a-kind coffee shop nestled in downtown Felton — has changed hands after 28 years of business. But the services and offerings will remain the same.

The air’s a bit hazy and it smells like someone’s having a campfire. It’s 11:11am on March 8, and fire appears to snake along the underbrush, lapping at twigs, cascading upwards, alongside ponderosa pine trees. But there will be no hotdogs and marshmallows today. And this...