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.
Local surfer participates in multimedia project
Scotts Valley local Savannah Shaughnessy was recently involved in the WickrX Supersessions multimedia project, an invitational event dedicated to following and celebrating women in the big-wave surfing community.
Falcons take crown, face Carmel again
With a fourth-straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship and postseason tournament berth on the line, the Scotts Valley football team rose to the challenge last weekend, beating Soquel 34-31 in a game that remained in doubt until the final play.
SV girls drop Soquel; boys fall in league opener
The Scotts Valley High girls basketball team made school history this week, beating the local powerhouse Soquel Knights 51-46 for their school’s first win at the Knights’ home gym.
The Mountain Gardener: All gardens change with time
Call it a trick, call it a treat, but all gardens change with time. It’s part of nature for the fittest to survive.
Fundraiser event set to support toddler’s cancer fight
For two-year-old David Devers and his family, life has turned upside down since the beginning of 2015. What began as trouble playing at the park in January was soon discovered to be acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Falcons undefeated at midseason
Seniors Natalia Ebrahimian and Liz Munger set a quick pace, and the rest of the Scotts Valley High girls basketball team followed Tuesday, Jan. 18, as the Falcons defeated rival Santa Cruz High, 61-49, in a clash of previously unbeaten teams.
Three candidates vie for two Scotts Valley council seats
Mike Zeller, the director of programming and project delivery for the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, is the relative newcomer on the Scotts Valley...
















