61.1 F
Scotts Valley
October 20, 2026

Support parks, dine at Shadowbrook

Gather your friends and family and enjoy the incredible food and the festive atmosphere at the Shadowbrook Restaurant while you help support our BigBasin and HenryCowellRedwoodsState Parks at the same time!

Crisis calls for alternatives

California’s budget crisis and the governor’s proposed $24 billion dollars of cuts and borrowing have provoked thousands of constituents to contact me. Educators, in-home support service (IHSS) providers, healthy families advocates, state parks supporters, and many others have lodged strong opposition to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s May revised budget proposals that seek to balance California’s budget on the backs of our state’s most vulnerable and needy.

San Lorenzo Valley Middle School students bring ‘HONK! JR.’ to life

There’s a special kind of magic stirring at San Lorenzo Valley Middle School this fall; one filled with feathers, laughter and lessons about what it means to be different. Beginning Nov. 14, the SLV Theater Department will proudly present “HONK! JR.,” a contemporary, musical...

Sports Shorts

SV swim team defeats Boys and Girls Club

Cougars top Harbor 6-0 in OT in rematch of 1996 game

Nearly 20 years ago, when San Lorenzo Valley and Harbor High football teams squared off to decide the league championship under the lights at the Harbor field in Santa Cruz, there were cheering fans, missed opportunities, fumbles and lots of rain and mud.

Go World Cup: That costly, costly Cup

The World Cup is not just a sporting event — it is an economic stimulus package. To host the tournament, South Africa had to go on a spending spree, building new stadiums and revamping older ones.

Podcast: Trying to stay alive | Cover 3 Sports

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-7-trying-to-stay-alive In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will recap Week 6 of the football season with some team updates and their latest Power Poll Rankings. Then they'll have John Devine join them to discuss the game of the week and bring...

Growing an electric plant

In December 1895, when weather permitted, promoter Fred Swanton and electrician Ed Lilly escorted a team of experts — sawmill men, flume builders, hydraulic engineers, and a surveyor — to the intended site of the water-powered electric plant on Big Creek.

New faces

Delaney Grace Schaefer-Whittall, daughter of Stephanie Schaefer and Justen Whittall of Scotts Valley, was born at 9:27 a.m. March 17, 2013, at Sutter Maternity Center of Santa Cruz. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.

SOCIAL MEDIA

2,599FansLike
739FollowersFollow
762FollowersFollow
scotts valley police

Scotts Valley police receive $25K traffic safety grant

Scotts Valley Police Department has received a $25,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to support programs promoting bicycle and pedestrian safety. The...