County Supervisors Approve Balanced Budget
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the proposed $1.033 billion budget for 2022-23, including a $680.7 million general fund.
The budget represents a $5 million spending decrease from the prior year.
Most notable in this year’s spending plan is the county’s new...
Founder of nonprofit food and aid organization dies
A memorial service will be held in early February for Annette Marcum, the founder and executive director of Valley Churches United Missions who died last weekend after battling a long-term lung ailment.
Warm Embrace: Coffee Quilters Wrap Mountain Roasting Owner With Gift
On Oct. 20, Pat Huntsinger from the Quail Hollow Quilters presented Mountain Roasting Company owner Steve Taylor with a handmade quilt for his decades of service to the San Lorenzo Valley community.
It was Huntsinger’s idea for the Quail Hollow Quilters to get together and...
Letters to the Editor, July 23
Fultz is a cheapskate and political poseur
I would like to disagree with director Bob Fultz on a very important issue: He does not work for me and never has. He has always followed his own singular focus on cost-cutting. In fact, I remember attending...
Scotts Valley graduate receives Teamsters scholarship
Violeta Dauksa of Scotts Valley has been named a recipient of a 2026 scholarship from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship Fund.
Dauksa is a...
