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On June 10, the procession of teachers and graduating students marched into the football field where families and friends were waiting to observe the 2015 graduation ceremony, and together, they marked the culmination of four years of intense learning, social and athletic achievements. As the class of 2015 received their diplomas, everyone was able to express their own brand of celebratory hoorahs, and even some families shed a few thankful tears as they watched their young family members graduate from SVHS.

A duo of Scotts Valley teens from Troop 614 were recently honored with Scouting’s highest award, the Eagle Scout. Justas Venancio Rodarte and Matthew Norman Robinson were honored by their troop and families at a Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony, which was held at the Salvation Army Camp Redwood Glen on Aug. 24. There they received proclamations from the Mayor of Scotts Valley and special recognition from the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Combine a touch of the macabre, plenty of belly laughs and some profoundly moving moments, and you’ve got the recipe for the perfect dark comedy play. Mountain Community Theater (MCT) proudly presents “The Viewing Room” by Mark Edward Smith, directed by Peter Gelblum. The production...

Scotts Valley High School’s varsity football team fell 49-35 in a hard-fought battle to the Spanish Springs High School Cougars on Saturday, Sept. 14 in Scotts Valley.

There was something too good to be true about the Andersons. The young English couple burst upon the local social scene in the summer of 1897. “Nobody appeared to know who the H. Francis Andersons were,” recalled one gossip columnist, “but it was evident to Santa Cruzans that they possessed an abundance of the long green and were willing to spend it with lavish hands.”

A photograph taken in Boulder Creek on the occasion of Governor Hiram Johnson’s visit in October 1914 shows a crowd in front of the old Commercial Hotel, now the site of Johnny’s Market.  One individual—a well-dressed Black man in a derby hat—seemingly well-aware of the camera, stands out.  Who was he?  His identity is revealed in another photo in which he poses in a white coat and the same hat, advertising the “Ben Lomond Inn.  Senator Hamden, Prop.”