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November 7, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Santa Cruz policies not to blame for homeless issues

Girls volleyball reaches semifinals

The Scotts Valley varsity girls volleyball team advanced to the semifinals of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tournament with two wins this week.

Commentary: SLV paying price for Santa Cruz’s lax homeless policies

The cool fall air and drizzly damp mornings have finally arrived — chilly mornings that signal the end of the craziest, most stressful summer since the great Lockheed fires of 2009. This summer felt like being transported back to 1960’s Viet Nam, with tactical scout planes controlling firefighters and police on the ground, and helicopters and Boride bombers in the air. Millions of dollars went up in smoke fighting scores of suspicious fires in the Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Felton and Ben Lomond areas.

Sports league signups underway

Little League

Falcons roll in win over rival Cougars

Scotts Valley High School bounced back from a shut-out loss to Aptos by scoring seven touchdowns in a 50-19 win over valley rival San Lorenzo Valley High School last weekend.

Datebook

- 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.

Plain Talk About Food: An Italian’s Love of Pasta

The house sits empty now. Its lace curtains are still in the windows and the grass is being mowed by a man I don’t recognize. The sign on the truck’s door reads “Lopes Hauling and Gar…” the rest is worn off, the numbers no longer legible.

Valley Neighbors: Vet reflects on decade of military service

Shawn Smith of Santa Cruz has carried shrapnel in his brain since April 13, 2004 when he led his squadron of Marines in the battle of Fallujah. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sgt. Smith and his men located and retrieved classified material and coalition weapons from a U.S. helicopter that had been shot down in Fallujah, Iraq.

Sports shorts

SV girls win, Cougars fall in polo

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Nov. 7, 2025

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