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October 30, 2025

Downtown Streets Team joins efforts for cleaner roads in Boulder Creek

Twice each year, in spring and fall, residents of Boulder Creek head downtown to participate in the Town Sweep. Weeds are pulled, sidewalks are...

Inaugural Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate celebration set for April 10

Santa Cruz Public Libraries and the Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate (SCCPL), in partnership with Urban Word, are celebrating the inaugural cohort of five...

Ben Lomond dog grooming salon opens next month

When Ben Lomond-bred Erica Costella noticed the marijuana shopkeepers vacating their space next to Henry’s Automotive and Masood’s Liquor & Deli recently, she sprang...

Irish Eyes Beauty marks 40th anniversary with party

As Deborah Parcel flipped through scrapbooks of Press Banner clippings—from before the Valley Press and Scotts Valley Banner joined forces—she beamed with joy. And that...

Students find fossil sloth bone in Santa Cruz Mountains

Local students from Tara Redwood School playing in the Santa Cruz Mountains last spring found a strange object that they suspected was a bone...

24th Brookdale Bluegrass Festival delivers a jam-tastic weekend

The Brookdale Bluegrass and American Roots Festival held its 24th incarnation at the Brookdale Lodge over the weekend and was blessed with lovely weather—a...

News Briefs | Published March 22, 2024

SLVHS Interact Club hosts first Community Egg Hunt San Lorenzo Valley High School’s Interact Club will be hosting their first Community Egg Hunt on Saturday,...

Officials unveil park memorial in honor of fallen sheriff’s deputy

An unveiling was held last week at the completion of Willowbrook County Park in Aptos for Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, who...

Hitchcock Festival delivers an unforgettable experience for second year

One day, during journalism school up in Canada, I headed down from my dorm to catch a glimpse of rising star Orlando Bloom on...

Mountain Community Theater brings the laughs with ‘Odd Couple’ productions

If you grew up in the ’70s, the names Oscar and Felix are synonymous with uproarious laughter. From the 1965 Broadway hit to the...

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Santa Cruz Wharf incident: 1 person dead, dog sent for emergency...

An adult victim was pulled from a van that broke through guardrails along the Santa Cruz Wharf and plunged into 30-foot-deep ocean water Sunday...