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Scotts Valley native serves with next generation of naval aviation warfighters
Ensign Heather Patterson, a native of Scotts Valley, is serving in the U.S. Navy amongst sailors, Marines and guardsmen at Naval Aviation Schools Command...
Scotts Valley Post Office celebrates 250 years of service
The U.S. Postal Service marked its 250th anniversary of its founding on July 26. In honor of the organization’s rich history of connecting people,...
Local tourism reaches more than $1.4B in Santa Cruz County region
As National Travel and Tourism Week reaches its midpoint in the United States, Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) announced that the local tourism industry...
Scotts Valley PerSisters mobilizes democracy one postcard at a time
Walk into the Starbucks at Graham Plaza in Scotts Valley on a Friday morning, and you’ll be met with more than just mochas and...
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...
Student takes a stand against the fentanyl epidemic with documentary
“He overdosed just down the hall from me,” said Kyle Santoro, a Los Gatos High School senior. He was recalling the tragedy of a...
At Lockheed Martin protest, Jewish and Palestinian voices oppose the Israeli...
Pro-Palestinian activists assembled outside the secretive Lockheed Martin compound in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Nov. 10, the day after a similar demonstration had blocked...
Ukrainian family, reunited, spends first Christmas together in Scotts Valley
Last Christmas, the Ziniak family left their home in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, and headed on a fun trip across the Carpathian Mountains.
When the Russian invasion...
Reducing veteran suicide with community action, local outreach
Not fully understanding that “it takes strength to ask for help” continues to be one of the biggest obstacles to reducing veteran suicide. Asking for and getting the help a veteran needs is especially difficult for many combat vets trained to take care of others in their unit above all else, and getting their own wounds treated last, according to Viet Nam War veteran Buzz Gray.
Road project on Highway 9 in Felton continues next week
A project to construct sidewalks, curb ramps, driveways and retaining walls on Highway 9 between Graham Hill Road and the San Lorenzo Valley schools...
