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Letter: Unexplained ‘Fire Prevention Fee’ amounts to abusive extortion

March 27, 2014

EDITOR,

Weekend Voting Available in Santa Cruz and Watsonville

June 2, 2014

Santa Cruz County has issued 70,777 vote-by-mail ballots for the June 3 Election and just 8,939, 12.62 percent, had been returned as of May 27.

Letter: Not-so-heartwarming letter

September 2, 2010

EDITOR,

May 19, 2011

The other day, I was leafing through the Harris' Farmer's Almanac 2011 Gardening Guide looking for gardening tips and checking out the regional weather forecasts for the year. This classic booklet has been published "for use of farmers, planters, mechanics and all families" since 1818 and contains "weather forecasts, planting tables, and a variety of matter useful and entertaining." If you haven't read one lately, I can tell you it lives up to its promise. Here is just a sampling.

Sports shorts

December 1, 2011

Scotts Valley Little Leaguer registration open until Jan. 1

Sustainable living: Routine power failure or winds of change?

December 22, 2011

Heavy winds are nothing new for Californians, although the damaging gusts usually come in the summer. The early December windstorm that rattled the state — much worse in southern California, but quite disruptive in our neck of the woods, too — was somewhat of an anomaly.

Editorial: Let us help you with democratic process

December 26, 2011

The race to fill Mark Stone’s shoes as a Santa Cruz County supervisor representing the 5th District will certainly heat up once the holidays have passed. With six candidates, from a career politician to those nearly green behind the ears, voters have a colorful spectrum to choose from when filling the county seat in June.

Datebook

January 23, 2012

Submit Datebook items to [email protected], or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed. Check out www.pressbanner.com to submit your own listings that will appear in our online Datebook.

Local runners show well at state meet

June 11, 2012

Three San Lorenzo Valley High School distance runners and a team of sprinters and one runner from Scotts Valley High School ran strong races at the California Interscholastic Federation championships in Clovis last weekend.

Datebook

June 6, 2013

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

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Sustainable living: Routine power failure or winds of change?

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Local runners show well at state meet

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News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Scotts Valley police arrest 8 for DUI during late summer enforcement

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Felton Fire District to review parcel tax proposal at meeting Thursday

Homeless Point-in-Time Count shows continued progress in Santa Cruz County