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Scotts Valley
September 14, 2025

SLV Water District Budget Update

On June 20, 2019, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District Board of Directors adopted the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20. The District’s overall balanced budget is $19.8M, which includes increasing reserves by $1.9M.

Your Health: Celiac disease, gluten-free diets explained

There is much talk these days about gluten-free food and gluten-free diets. I’d like to explain what this is all about.

Plain talk about food: January screams “chili” — Chili Con Carne that is

With the winter’s sun dropping below the mountains, the temperature has been dropping into the twenties most nights. Chili weather calls for eating a bowlful of chili con carne, cornbread and a glass of Heineken beer by the fireplace at day’s end.

As Energy Bills Soar, Companies Suggest Ways to Save

Just as Bay Area gasoline prices have finally dipped below the $4 a gallon line at select stations, after rising above $7 a gallon at some pumps this summer, home-heating costs are rising. However, as the icy breath of winter nips at the necks of...

Lee Overbeck: Remembering a Great Coach and a Greater Man

Lots of teachers inspire by opening the door to learning new things.  Some special teachers with how they approach their craft can inspire and enrich their charges years after the final school bell has run. One of these for me, and thousands others, was San Lorenzo Valley High’s Lee Overbeck, who died Wednesday from leukemia.

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.

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Talk about Money: Housing still a crunch in local market

The first-time home buyers tax credit has helped boost prices in parts of San Lorenzo Valley, but it hasn’t lifted the gloom that hangs over Scotts Valley’s housing market.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...