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News Briefs | Published June 23, 2023

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Recruitment begins for Leadership Santa Cruz County Program Applications are now being accepted for the Leadership Santa Cruz County 2023-24 program.  This will mark the organization’s 37th year with over 1,600 alumni, and is a great opportunity to learn about the many facets of the county’s...

Scotts Valley embarks on $1M road project

On June 4 at the Henfling’s stage at the Redwood Mountain Faire, a local bluegrass group called Bean Creek got the all-ages crowd dancing to multi-part harmony set to fiddle and banjo notes. Three days later, Scotts Valley Council finally pulled the trigger on a...

Scotts Valley introduces $43M budget

The financial plan Scotts Valley City Manager Mali LaGoe introduced to City Council on June 7 wasn’t very flashy and acknowledged the precarious situation the community finds itself in post-pandemic, as American banks have failed and major changes have unfolded in the local economic...

Parkinson’s boxing class a lifeline for seniors with disease

Back in 1971, when Aretha Franklin crooned, “Rock steady, baby / That's what I feel now,” she was following in the footsteps of Alton Ellis & The Flames, who sang “Better get ready / Come do rock steady, ooh / You got to do...

Redwood Mountain Faire brings good vibes to San Lorenzo Valley

According to “Our Old English Fairs” by R. W. Muncey, the internal trade of England once depended heavily on fairs that sprang up in the Anglo-Saxon period, welcoming merchants from Hamburg, Bruges, Strasbourg, Rouen and Bordeaux, among other far-flung locales. “Indeed many foreigners assembled among...

News Briefs | Published June 9, 2023

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FEMA extends individual assistance deadline FEMA has granted a request to extend the deadline to apply for individual assistance due to the February/March storms for 60 days, announced Santa Cruz County Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience. The new deadline is July 20. A Disaster Recovery...

Scotts Valley Rotary awards scholarships for local students

Scotts Valley Rotary Club honored 42 Scotts Valley middle and high school students with a certificate of recognition for outstanding academics, visual and performing arts and community service at an awards ceremony May 8 at Scotts Valley High School. The club also provided five college...

Bonny Doon couple takes active role designing ‘passive’ home

From their perch in their home atop the mountain in Bonny Doon, partners Tonje Wold-Switzer and Sebastian Little took in a panorama of lightning strikes that would go on to devour more than 900 homes in the region, including theirs. They were aware a storm...

Scotts Valley students awarded for stunning academic turnaround

One was a girl who suffered from anxiety and fell behind academically, the other was a mechanically-inclined guy who couldn’t bring himself to do homework and ended up with failing grades. Both managed to turn things around in-class through senior year, while growing leaps...

Safety seminars promote internal awareness

When it comes to keeping community members safe, the good people at Damsel in Defense (DiD) have your back. The company, which offers self-defense products, such as pepper spray, personal alarms, portable door locks and stun guns, was founded in 2011 in Idaho, and...

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News Briefs | Published June 6, 2025

RTC hosts community session on ZEPRT project Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) will hold an informational community session on Monday, June 9, from...