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Scotts Valley
October 4, 2025

New faces

Quinn William Orion Homan was born at 12:25 p.m. May 26, 2009, to Christine Marie Gilbert and Joshua William Homan of Scotts Valley. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital.

War is not fun and games

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Curtis sings the blues as opener

Jayme Kelly Curtis puts down the dulcimer and picks up the guitar and ukulele to show her blues roots as she opens for Baby Gramps at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, at Don Quixote’s in Felton.

Spring all-SCCAL teams named

A host of local athletes were named to the all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team for the spring sports season. Leading the list were Robbie Erlin, the SCCAL baseball player of the year; lacrosse MVP Billy Green; co-senior volleyball players of the year Ryan Morano and Zak Beltz; and softball pitcher of the year Sam Lipperd.

Fire sweeps through Bethany cafeteria

A three-alarm fire gutted most of the Bethany University cafeteria building Tuesday night, June 16.

Rangers draft Erlin, who weighs whether to go pro

Scotts Valley standout pitcher Robbie Erlin will likely turn pro after his selection by the Texas Rangers with the 93rd pick in the third round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft.

San Lorenzo Valley’s environmental warrior

Don’t let the gray beard and twinkling blue eyes fool you. Inside Fred McPherson beats the heart of the environmental warrior he has been since he was a young man.

‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers’

A popular interpretation of the Bard’s famous line is that killing the lawyers will give us a measure of satisfaction for the irritation they cause. A more noble interpretation, undoubtedly offered by a lawyer, is that the character in “Henry VI” wants to kill the lawyers so the tyrannical paymaster can plunder with impunity.

Ridin’ with the Wheeldude: Bumps in the Road

Let’s see how we’re doing on our main aim — surviving the road dangers of our twin valleys.

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Greg Wimp

Sandwich shop owner appointed to Scotts Valley Council

As Greg Wimp, the owner of multiple area Togo’s sandwich shop locations, stepped up Oct. 1 to address Scotts Valley City Council about why...