Press Banner

According to leaders of the City of Scotts Valley, the city is doing A-OK. On Sept. 16, the Senior Life Association of Scotts Valley hosted the annual State of the City address at The Landing. The theater was filled with local residents who had questions...

San Lorenzo Valley High School’s 2025 Homecoming royalty—King Olin Bates and Queen Jennifer Black—were crowned Saturday during the Cougar football team’s 20-0 win against Greenfield at home. Prior to the game, the second annual Homecoming parade took place Sept. 26 in downtown Felton. The event featured...

On Saturday, Oct. 4, the redwoods of Ben Lomond will ring with the sound of bagpipes as the community comes together for the town’s first-ever Scottish Day Festival. Hosted by the Ben Lomond Village Alliance (BLVA), this free event celebrates the town’s Scottish roots with...

A first-ever lighted stroll beneath giant old-growth redwoods is now on the list of things to do at Roaring Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. In addition to the lengthy list of events, such as their Father’s Day Barbecue, Mother’s Day Brunch, the Moonlight Dinner...

For the first time in years, Scotts Valley City Council no longer has two members with last names that are just a letter apart. Mayor Derek Timm won’t have to worry about people mixing-up his surname in political contexts anymore, given that Vice Mayor Allan...

Scotts Valley officers and firefighters attended Holy Cross School’s “Cookies for Courage” event honoring first responders in Santa Cruz County on Sept. 11. The annual event was started by a Holy Cross student right after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Santa Cruz school has...

San Lorenzo Valley Museum presents “Telling Stories of Mexican California: Real Life & Myth Making,” opening Sept. 21 at its Faye G. Belardi Memorial Gallery in Felton, on view through Nov. 16. This exhibition highlights the true stories of California’s Mexican period (1822-1846), contrasting them...

The Addams Family is known for being creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, but the cast and crew of Mountain Community Theater (MCT) are bringing another well-deserved adjective to the list: talented. Under the direction of Daria Troxell, MCT is launching their fall musical production with...

Bela Ravikumar has earned a reputation as a stellar and well-followed artist in Santa Cruz County, but her latest show at the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center in Ben Lomond is the cherry on top for this prolific painter. Ravikumar enjoys capturing the natural beauty...

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,...