Tag: environment
Scotts Valley graduate takes part in COP28 climate summit
When upwards of 30,000 people from 195 countries descend this week for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, a Santa Cruz local and Scotts...
RTC seeks input for project aimed at adapting county transportation network...
Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) is seeking community input through an online survey on its Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment and Priorities Report...
Scotts Valley agrees to fund quarter-million-dollar Skypark detoxification
Scotts Valley has agreed to front the money to pay for a quarter-million-dollar environmental cleanup at Skypark, which was found to contain arsenic, lead...
Battered by storms, Big Basin reopens more park trails
Over the past couple weeks, flames have once again been flickering up from the terrain of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, a place that...
Roaring Camp still chugging along at 60
When Jonathan Hawkins got the late-breaking news that Roaring Camp Railroads would be dropping its tourist train ticket price to the historical rate of...
Harmon Gulch residents still struggling to find solutions
Residents of the Harmon Gulch neighborhood, just outside of Boulder Creek, whose road washed out in the recent storms, say Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Felton Grove cleanup benefits from army of volunteers
An assemblage of wet clods soared past the edge of a riverside home, landing with a thud in the front yard. Jan. 27 was...
Zayante Fire District faces uphill battle to recovery
While the storms that ravaged the San Lorenzo Valley caused millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses, Zayante Fire Protection District’s Station...
San Lorenzo Valley Water assesses storm damage at $4M
Now that January’s series of atmospheric rivers has finally let up, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District has come up with a calculation of...
Hwy 9 closure squeezes Ben Lomond businesses
The fallen branches have been neatly arranged along a rock border next to the La Placa Family Bakery parking lot as the sun streams...
News Briefs | Published Dec. 5, 2025
New choral director set for conductorial debut
Cabrillo College has announced the appointment of Carlin Truong as its new director of choral and vocal studies.
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