Datebook
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Nature Friendly: Loch Lomond turns 50
To celebrate Loch Lomond’s 50th anniversary, I have organized another free watershed walk with the reservoir’s estimable caretakers: Chris Berry, manager of Santa Cruz Water Resources, and Chief Ranger Scot Lang.
Nature Friendly: Wildlife and cats just don’t mix
Cats kill 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 billion to 20.7 billion small mammals in the U.S. every year. Those startling statistics were recently revealed in a paper published in Nature Communications and picked up by media outlets from Comedy Central to the New York Times and Smithsonian.
Newly Certified Green Businesses in our Valleys
On November 19th, the County of Santa Cruz presented 69 businesses with a Green Business Certificate. 10 of those businesses are in our area, including Brunetti’s Interiors, the City of Scotts Valley, Faust Salon and Spa, San Lorenzo Water District, Santa Cruz County Bank, Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce, Scotts Valley Water District, Suki’s Boho Boutique, Wild Roots Market, and Satellite Telework Network. I interviewed several of these businesses to understand how and why they use green practices.
Scotts Valley High School brings drama with winter play
Scotts Valley High School’s drama club is at it again, as they prepare to present their one-act winter play, “Our Place,” at the new Scotts Valley Performing Arts and Cultural Center (SVPACC), located next door to the library, on Saturday, Feb. 25.
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Weekend voting
The latest pre-relection voter registration totals from Santa Cruz County showed a late surge in registered voters, falling just short of the 2012 record.
Cougar cross country runners strong at Stanford Invitational
The San Lorenzo Valley High School boys and girls cross country team headed to the annual Stanford Invitational meet in Palo Alto last weekend to compete with 37 other California schools.
News Briefs | Published July 4, 2025
Tree removal leads to temporary closure on Big Basin Highway
Caltrans will temporarily close a section of southbound Highway 236 (Big Basin Highway) left on...