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Imagine a hearty serving of jambalaya. The ingredients are tasty morsels on their own: tomatoes, ham, shrimp, chicken, chorizo, rice and onion. Combine those things, though, and you’re presented with a meal that is spicy, satisfying and fulfilling. That comparison is the best way to...

Under clear and sunny skies, the Scotts Valley Skypark neighborhood once again celebrated the Fourth of July with the annual Independence Day Kids Bike Parade. A festive crowd of 70 people attended as kids and bikes were led in the parade by first year...

There was plenty of enthusiasm in North Santa Cruz County for America’s big 250th as thousands of people flocked to the small communities for two separate patriotic parades. A California Highway Patrol officer estimated the Boulder Creek parade, which kicked off at 10 a.m., had...

San Lorenzo Valley High School’s Finn Maxwell has earned Honorable Mention for Composition in the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for the mixed-media piece “Sapere Aude.” Maxwell, who graduated in June and served as 2025-26 Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate, was one of seven students...

The town of Ben Lomond is abuzz with excitement as a new preschool gets ready to open its doors. On July 6, Busy Bees Playschool Two will officially open—the classrooms are ready, the sensory tables are filled, books line the shelves and tiny chairs...

City of Scotts Valley’s annual Fourth of July Parade returns Saturday with an extended route, road closures and safety measures in place for the community celebration, according to the Scotts Valley Police Department. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. and is expected to conclude...

Omega Nu’s annual installation of board members was held in June at Stockwell Cellars in Santa Cruz. The new board members for 2026-27 include Vicky Granger-Jones, president; Sarah Wolfsen, vice president; Michele Costa, parliamentarian; Gillian Westbrook, treasurer; Nancy Ross, scholarship chair; Jennifer Lipman, charity chair;...

Scotts Valley’s Liana Alexander has been creating art for as long as she can remember. Long before she could talk in complete sentences, she was filling pages with drawings. While other children experimented with sports, music lessons or extracurricular activities, Alexander found her passion with...

One of the San Lorenzo Valley’s most beloved traditions returns on Saturday, July 4, as the Boulder Creek Business Association (BCBA) hosts its annual Fourth of July Parade through downtown Boulder Creek. The community celebration, which draws residents and visitors from across Santa Cruz County,...

Last Tuesday, Trish Melehan, the Scotts Valley Theater Guild’s longest serving board member, was gearing up for her latest production—a staged reading of “1776: The Drama.” The 21-part play is a revival of a work about the founding of the country. “I used to do it...