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Scotts Valley
January 17, 2026

Locals well represented on all-league lists

The All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League teams have been announced, and a host of Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley athletes were honored by coaches.

Letter: Time for some taste

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The Mountain Gardener: Make your winter garden a visual feast

Outside my window, there’s a feast going on. The gingko trees are clothed in bright yellow leaves, but soon, they will drop every leaf on almost the same day and cover the ground like carpeting. It’s a feast for the eyes.

Guard-friendly Cougars look toward basket

The San Lorenzo Valley varsity boys basketball team opened practice Monday night, Dec. 7, by running more than a dozen suicides — sprints from baseline to free-throw line, half court, the opposite free-throw line and the opposite baseline. In between suicides, the varsity team shot free throws.

Sports Shorts

SV girls hoops open 3-1

New Faces

• Ellie Diane Smith was born at 4:21 a.m. Nov. 22, 2009, to Elizabeth Diane (Fox) and Jason Michael Hammond Smith of Felton. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

PeeWees win championship

The PeeWee Falcon football team made history last weekend by winning the first Police Athletic League Championship in Scotts Valley.

Letter: Thanks for nothing

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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Roadwork

Overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton begins Tuesday

Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Tuesday, Jan. 20, as part of utility relocation work. Between Kirby Street and...