Several Scotts Valley residents found themselves evacuated by Scotts Valley police last Thursday afternoon, after officers located what they believed to be pipe bombs during a probation compliance check of a Willis Road residence.
Some of the brightest young minds that Santa Cruz County has to offer gathered at the fairgrounds in Watsonville on Saturday, Feb. 28 for the 27th annual Santa Cruz County Science and Engineering Fair.
Scotts Valley Middle School is in for a serious makeover, with demolition of the entire school scheduled for the summer of 2016 followed by a year-long construction process.
With the arrival of Highway 17, travelers no longer drove directly through Scotts Valley on the way to and from the beach. Tree Circus owner Axel Erlandson, sold his iconic attraction in 1963 to the Thompson family, who changed the name to the “Lost World.”
It’s been five years since gymnastics instructor Vern Vargas opened the doors of his Scotts Valley studio and training facility. Since then, the Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts and Parkour has grown by — quite literally — leaps and bounds, steadily offering more and more programs, teams and classes to the students of Santa Cruz County.
Scotts Valley High School Junior Alannah Schwartz, flew to Washington DC last week to attend the American Diabetes Association’s annual premier national advocacy event, Call to Congress.