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October 22, 2025

State clears way for football, other youth sports to resume

By Juan Reyes, Staff Reporter The wait for most youth sports just became a lot shorter as the California Department of Public Health released an...

SVPD captain named city’s top employee

Scotts Valley Mayor Derek Timm at the Feb. 17 City Council meeting recognized Scotts Valley Police Department Capt. Mike Dean as the City Employee...

Biden changes PPP rules to help the self-employed

By Stacy Cowley and Jim Tankersley, of The New York Times Aiming to put its own stamp on the Paycheck Protection Program, the Biden administration...

County Health’s vaccines now available to certain occupation groups

Covid-19 vaccinations for Santa Cruz County residents are being expanded to include workers in education and childcare, emergency services, and food and agriculture industries,...

Leap of faith: North County water districts toe line of merger talks

By Katie Evans & Christina Wise The San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) and Scotts Valley Water District (SVWD) have considered beginning studies on the...

Less than half of residents evacuated during sweeping debris flow response

The first heavy rains of 2021 moved into the Santa Cruz Mountains in late January, prompting Cal Fire and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s...

Casa Nostra comes to Scotts Valley

Mario Ibarra and Raffaele Cristallo, co-owners of the beloved Ben Lomond restaurant, Casa Nostra, opened a new location in Scotts Valley this week. After nine...

Falling case rates could mean return to class for valley’s young students

Santa Cruz County’s adjusted case rate recently fell below the state’s threshold (28 per 100,000 per day) needed to reopen in-class instruction for grades...

Transportation plan draft prioritizes Scotts Valley Drive, Mount Hermon Road

The City of Scotts Valley’s Active Transportation Plan reached another milestone as the draft was unveiled at a City Council meeting on Feb. 3.  The...

Tensions boil over in SLV water merger meeting

In a tense, two-and-a-half-hour board meeting on Feb. 4 that included more than 100 attendees, San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) broached the subject...

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Santa Cruz County’s 2024 Crop Report shows jump in local crop...

Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has released the 2024 Crop Report, announcing that the estimated gross production value of local agricultural commodities reached...