Future bright for improving Falcon tennis
Despite a 7-0 setback to Aptos High School, the 2-1 Scotts Valley High School tennis team has shown it can compete, even after the loss of a strong core of seniors to graduation last season.
A year of firsts: A mysterious intruder lurks
After two months living in a cabin above Scotts Valley, I’ve met dozens of friendly locals, including deer, rabbits, hawks, raccoons and, just the other day, a bobcat that raced down the driveway in front of my car.
It’s the Law: When the rubber ruins the road
I suspect that the majority of houses in Santa Cruz County front a public road. For those homeowners, their headache consists of begging Public Works to fix the potholes that appear.
Boulder Creek gets new streetlights
By now you’ve probably noticed the new streetlights in Boulder Creek. Double acorn,
Harvesting, drying and preserving herbs
Now that you have an assortment of herbs growing nicely in your garden what do you do with them? Mine seem to be growing more exuberantly than I anticipated and if I don’t keep up with snipping them often some will go to seed or get leggy and unproductive. Then what would I do when I’m putting together my favorite nectarine-caprese salad with fresh basil and mint leaves?
Politics in Play
You might have heard that 2020 is going to be a big year. Oh, sure, you can measure its import by the number of Burning Man attendees, or the success of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, or the excitement of opening the 2006 Yahoo! Time Capsule (hello, DVDs), but really, 2020 will be defined in November by the American voter.
Cougars Crowned
Not even a homecoming loss at the hands of Watsonville High could dampen the spirits of the homecoming court at San Lorenzo Valley High on Saturday.
Your Health: Winter respiratory infection advice
The winter respiratory, cold and flu season is upon us. I have seen quite a spike in visits to urgent care by people suffering from coughs, nasal and sinus congestion, sore throats and generalized achiness.
Scotts Valley Unified School District takes action to reduce student absences
On Tuesday night, the Scotts Valley Unified School District designated September as Attendance Awareness Month as part of an effort to crack the whip, gently, on students who haven’t been showing up to school.
As Scotts Valley skews affluent, schools here don’t get as much...
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...