Tag: San Lorenzo Valley
Finance | Christians Celebrate Planned Giving
The most generous country on earth hasn’t sacrificed Christmas, and the Association of Religious Data archives reports that roughly 32% of Santa Cruz County...
News Briefs | Published Dec. 13, 2024
Scotts Valley PD to conduct DUI checkpoint Friday night
Scotts Valley Police Department will be partnering with Santa Cruz PD, CHP and State Parks to...
Invasive beetle found along Zayante Creek identified as novel to West...
A non-native invasive shothole borer beetle found along Zayante Creek south of Graham Hill Road in October has been identified as Euwallacea interjectus, a...
Guest Viewpoint | Measure U’s Decisive Defeat: What It Means for...
San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) ratepayers soundly defeated Measure U, the proposal to roll back much of the rate increase put in place...
Strictly Business | Find Your Own Breath in Stillness
I was standing in the back of the Senior Center of Scotts Valley building, amongst the Oak trees, in the grass where 25 people...
News Briefs | Published Dec. 6, 2024
5th annual Holiday Lights brings sparkle to fairgrounds
The fifth annual Holiday Lights event has returned to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, and it’s bigger...
Founder of Mountain Community Resources dies at 87
The San Lorenzo Valley and the broader Santa Cruz County community are mourning the loss of Mary Hammer, a beloved founder and lifelong advocate...
Plain Talk About Food | Feeding More Than Just Your Body
“Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.” —King Solomon
We tend our vegetable gardens by weeding,...
Ben Lomond’s Tree Lighting Party to spark holiday cheer
The air in Ben Lomond will soon be filled with warmth and holiday spirit as the mountain community comes together for a brand-new tradition:...
Finance | Divorce Planning Challenges
“Those who do not weep, do not see.” —Victor Hugo
Stable marriages finance families; financial disputes disrupt. Approximately 43% of first marriages fail in America....
News Briefs | Published Nov. 28, 2025
Choir concerts to celebrate Christmas season
The Spring Lakes Park Choir will be performing three identical concerts to celebrate the Christmas season.
They will be performing...
