Community leaders to share updates at Scotts Valley State of the City
Scotts Valley Senior Life Association has announced the ninth annual Scotts Valley Mayor’s State of the City event, a cornerstone tradition designed to foster transparency, inform the public and encourage civic engagement.
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the doors of Scotts Valley’s Community Performing Arts Center,...
Talk about money: Property values and the Scotts Valley Middle School bond
Scotts Valley wants a new middle school, and property owners are being asked to pay for it with a ballot measure in June.
Oil, What’s it Good For?
“We should look for someone to eat and drink with
before looking for something to eat and drink.”
- Epicurus
While reaching for the mundane bottle of vegetable oil in the market, my eye caught the label on the bottle of avocado oil. Now, I love avocados...
Sustainable living: Routine power failure or winds of change?
Heavy winds are nothing new for Californians, although 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.
Owners of Scotts Valley Jewelers to retire in September
In a digital age obsessed by appearing luxurious, with BVLGARI watches flashed in magazine ads, rappers showing off necklaces worth more than your annual paycheck in music videos, and influencers hawking earrings of questionable provenance on Instagram, it can be easy to forget how...
Talk About Money: The $6 trillion retirement deficit
In the past couple of years, it seems as if the political pundits and media have done a good job of alerting us to the ballooning federal budget deficits, with little focus on our collective retirement deficit — the shortfall of our present savings to meet our future retirement income requirements.
Datebook (July 3, 2015)
- 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.
Nature friendly: Pogonip is the crown jewel of the Santa Cruz greenbelt
A piercing raptor’s cry comes out of the sky and disrupts the peace along Spring Trail in Pogonip. Peter Scott calls out, “Red-shouldered hawk!”
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...