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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.

The new sign hangs outside, “Wild Roots,” and for store owner Bob Locatelli this is just the beginning of telling his own story. On April 2, the formerly New Leaf grocery stores in Felton and Boulder Creek, officially became entirely independent stores under the name Wild Roots Market.

Sam Martin is not your average high school student. At 16, Martin, who grew up in Ben Lomond, has qualified for Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National Motocross Championship. After placing first in several amateur youth competitions, Martin, 16, received an invitation to the National Championship. Sam will participate in the 125cc and 250cc in his age group during the races from July 30 to August 4 in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Scotts Valley is required to give the state an annual update on its progress toward helping to alleviate California’s housing crunch—including on delivering affordable places to live. And while this year the results on that front weren’t great, they sure were better than last year,...

Even though no fireworks displays were held in Santa Cruz County this Independence Day (well, not legal ones at least), a pair of North County events successfully rallied patriots. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office estimated 4,000 people attended the Boulder Creek parade, which started...

Less than two years after residents overwhelmingly adopted a $35 a year parcel tax to increase safety for the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District, a new engine is on the way.

Saturday’s farmers market represented a new beginning for Scotts Valley. It was a coming-of-age event, a celebration of the community’s maturity, a joining with other towns that have long had farmers markets. It was a signal that Scotts Valley has arrived.

No news is good news, goes the old adage. And Scotts Valley Water District officials are hoping that’s the message they should take from the amount of public comment they got before approving a 5% rate hike—virtually zilch. “We had no one,” said Piret Harmon, the...