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Scotts Valley
September 7, 2026

Schools should try pay cuts

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Keep tax temporary

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New Faces

Roisin Taylor Gill was born at 1:45 p.m. Sept. 7, 2010, to Lila Kai (Mangen) and Marcus Taylor Gill of Boulder Creek. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Council did right

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Bruin Roundup

The Bethany University fall sports teams are hurtling toward California Pacific Conference play. Here’s an update on what the teams have done in the past week.

DATEBOOK: Sept. 25 to Oct. 30

Submit Datebook items to pbeditor@pressbanner.com, 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. Check out www.pressbanner.com to submit your own listings that will appear in our online Datebook.

Nature Friendly: The man and the river

The San Lorenzo River originates in the seeps and streams that form in the steep canyons and redwood forests above Boulder Creek. These ephemeral water sources run like tiny capillaries until their life force creates the river, the lungs of the watershed.

Coastal cleanup returns to SLV Saturday

Two San Lorenzo Valley groups will sponsor cleanup efforts Saturday, Sept. 25, in conjunction with the worldwide Coastal Cleanup.

Let’s go fishing: Fall fishing promises excitement for patient anglers

The days are getting shorter and shadows draw longer. The sun is lower in the sky, and there is a chill in the air. As fall conditions return, ocean fishing is the main interest, while trout and salmon are returning to their freshwater home rivers.

Council should have taken a stand

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