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October 3, 2025

Maxwell, Cougars win at Stanford

With senior runner Anna Maxwell leading the way, the San Lorenzo Valley varsity girls cross country team ran away with Division IV Stanford Invitational title on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Valley people

McCown graduates from Cal Poly

Let’s Go Fishin’: Whales and red tide

Most people associate fall with the darkening of leaves on the trees. The past few years the inshore waters of the ocean have made color changes in the fall with the arrival of red tides. Humpback whales have also made a late season showing right outside Capitola.

New faces

- Katherine Rose Johnson was born at 11:25 a.m. Sept. 26, 2013 to Stephanie Alexandra and Richard Donald Johnson of Scotts Valley. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

The Mountain Gardener: Fire-safe landscaping, part 1

I drove through the Groveland area near Yosemite a couple of days before the Rim Fire started on August 17. The local talk over Tioga Pass was then about the recent Aspen Fire in the Sierra National Forest. The Rim fire has now burned 400 square miles of forest and cost $122 million to fight to date. What started as a 40 acre fire when discovered exploded to over 100,000 acres within two days. It is now the third largest in California history.

Future bright for improving Falcon tennis

Despite a 7-0 setback to Aptos High School, the 2-1 Scotts Valley High School tennis team has shown it can compete, even after the loss of a strong core of seniors to graduation last season.

Shout-out: Fire department’s swift response to wildfire is commendable

Scotts Valley Fire Department and CAL Fire, thank you for once again doing an outstanding job saving the properties in our Bethany University neighborhood. The recent fire (on Tuesday Sept. 24) was contained within minutes! I am continually impressed at your professionalism and capabilities. It makes me feel proud and safe to live in this City.

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.

Baymonte 5K approaches

The fourth annual Tech Trek 5-kilometer fun run from Baymonte Christian School in Scotts Valley is set for a week from Saturday.

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Nearly $15M in FEMA reimbursements secured for communities affected by 2023-24...

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced that he had secured $14.6 million in reimbursements for local governments in California’s 19th Congressional District from the Federal...