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September 16, 2025

Datebook

- 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.

2013-14 Santa Cruz County Grand Jury Receives Prestigious Reporting Award

The California Grand Jurors’ Association has granted the Robert Geiss Excellence in Reporting Award for 2015 to the 2013-14 Santa Cruz County Grand Jury for its report, “Desalination and Alternatives: Water for a Thirsty County.”

Editor’s Notebook: Grab this election by the horns

At a retirement party for a longtime Scotts Valley teacher, I bumped into Tricia Webber, who works for the county elections department coordinating and training all the polling place staff for Election Day.

Keeping older drivers safe on the road

During the week of December 8 which was “Older Driver Safety Awareness Week,” the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released its newest research on this topic. The advanced automotive technologies which can keep older drivers safe on the road are:

Driverless cars, the future?

When I was a teenager in the 1970s, my first priority was to get a car – then I could have total independence to come and go as I pleased.

Cougars pound Condors in non-league play

After coming off a 1-2 weekend tournament showing, the San Lorenzo Valley High School girls softball team returned to the diamond with a 12-0 throttling of visiting North Monterey County High School.

‘Matters of Faith’ exhibit opens with reception Saturday

Matters of Faith artwork Kate James
Set to celebrate 150 years in its iconic redwood chapel in Boulder Creek mid-May, the Boulder Creek United Methodist Church (BCUMC) invites one and all to attend this first in a series of contemporary art exhibitions. “Matters of Faith” was conceived by and for artists...

Let’s go fishin’: Quarter-million salmon pass through Santa Cruz

It’s not often I can report that 240,000 salmon passed through the Santa Cruz Harbor.

COVID Stats- From the Editor

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News Briefs

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...