Boy donates to charity after mother’s death
Xan Daven-Thomas was only 5 years old when Hospice of Santa Cruz County was there for him and his family, helping care for his mother during the final weeks of her battle with cancer.
County pilot program aims for unified approach to homelessness
SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a project designed to integrate clinical, mental health and housing services to help the county’s population of homeless people with mental illness and substance use disorders
The Mental Health Services Act Innovation Plan is...
Summer festivities keep valley busy
Two summer standards, the Cops ’N’ Rodders car show in Scotts Valley and a bluegrass festival in Boulder Creek, kept locals and tourists in the Santa Cruz Mountains entertained all weekend long this past week.
Educators meet to discuss early education, vocabulary gap
Representatives of the various school districts in Santa Cruz County including Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley, along with representatives of child care and early childhood education, convened on New Brighton Middle School in Capitola on Tuesday, March 4 to the annual “Together for Kindergarten” forum, in order to discuss ways to further prepare children to enter kindergarten.
3 hospitalized in Brookdale post office building blaze
A man and two children were hospitalized after a fire spread through a second story residential area above the Brookdale Post Office in the early hours of Friday the 13th.
Jon Bowles, 52, said he was in his downstairs unit when he heard a rumbling...
Storm surge keeps first responders busy
As more than five inches of rain fell in a five-day period between Feb. 13 and Sunday, emergency crews had their hands full trying to keep Scotts Valley and SLV residents safe and keep roads clear.
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...
