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October 6, 2025

Arrests in drive-by shootings along Highway 9

BULLETIN: Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies report suspects arrested 5 p.m. Feb. 28. No further details.

March 17 date set for Vierra case appeal

The Superior Court conflict-of-interest case involving former San Lorenzo Water District Director Terry Vierra continues, with the next proceeding March 17.

SLV water district faces rate increase in 2017

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District is headed for a busy year that is likely to include another round of hearings to increase water rates.

First-hand account of wreck on Highway 17

I was headed to San Francisco on Saturday evening, Feb. 18, around 5 p.m. We were stopped in the fast lane of Highway 17 about one mile south of the Granite Creek exit in Scotts Valley.

Mudslides dash dreams

Seemingly safe inside his Felton home around noon on a stormy Feb. 7, Moss Caballero turned his head when he heard what he quickly discovered was a mudslide rumbling down the hill outside his house into Shingle Mill Creek below.

Storm turns deadly

The storms of 2017 claimed their second life in the Santa Cruz Mountains this week when a newspaper delivery man plunged his car into Kings Creek and drowned.

Storm damage total grows

Santa Cruz County caught a rare glimpse of the sun this week, while preparing for another storm to hit the region in the Sunday-Monday time frame.

Echoes of 1989 quake

For old-timers and relative newcomers alike, it’s helpful to remember just how bad traffic can be after a natural disaster.

Prior flood repairs eased pain of Feb.7 flood at Felton Grove

Dan Selling and his wife Liz Taylor-Selling were sorting through the lower level of their home in Felton Grove last weekend. A couple inches of slippery silt was everywhere.

Love Creek damages food supplies at Valley Churches

A winter storm and resulting mudslide and flooding in 1982 led to the creation of Valley Churches United in Ben Lomond, which 35 years later is the primary charity and emergency relief non-profit agency in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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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...