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News & Information for the Santa Cruz Mountains, the towns of Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Felton and Zayante in San Lorenzo Valley and the community of Scotts Valley.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show expected to draw thousands Labor Day weekend
WATSONVILLE - Decades after it flew bombing missions in World War II, the B-25 Mitchell Bomber nicknamed Maid in the Shade marked another milestone during the Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show on Friday - the first passenger flight after its 28-year-long restoration.
- County, courts move some juvenile legal matters back to Felton
FELTON - Some juvenile court matters will return to the courtroom at Juvenile Hall in Felton, two months after all youth criminal cases were relocated to the Watsonville courthouse.
- Santa Cruz's climate action plan up for review Tuesday: Report says local jobs, solar technology would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent
SANTA CRUZ - City leaders want to help 5,000 homes go solar, cut citywide water use 10 percent and reduce in-town vehicle trips 30 percent, all within a decade.
- Water Coalition files another challenge to UCSC expansion: Group contends environmental report isn't adequate
SANTA CRUZ - Opponents of university growth filed an additional court challenge Friday against UC Santa Cruz's request for expanded city water service, arguing that an environmental study approved last month was insufficient.
- Coast Dairies deal hung up by lawsuit
DAVENPORT - A decade-long struggle to preserve nearly 7,000 acres of coastal bluff and forest along the North Coast has hit another snag - infighting within the conservation community.
- Watsonville card room loses liquor license after death: Future of Ceasar's Club uncertain
WATSONVILLE - Two decades ago, bars lined lower Main Street, making for a lively if rowdy downtown nightlife.
- State budget problems could force school districts to borrow money
SOQUEL - At least one county school leader is anticipating that the state budget shambles might require them to borrow money to make payroll, which she calls a frustrating waste of time and money.
- Conflict Resolution Center offers divorce mediation; free workshop Sept. 17
SANTA CRUZ - Divorcing families have a new and less expensive alternative to the adversarial court process.
- Sheriff: Pot grow found at burned house might be legal
SOQUEL - Sheriff's deputies are still investigating the a large indoor marijuana grow found in the basement of a Soquel Hills house that caught fire Tuesday evening but have yet to determine whether it was an illegal operation, Sgt.
- Teen suspected of attempting to rob Watsonville convenience store arrested
WATSONVILLE -- A teenager suspected of trying to rob a convenience store at knife-point Thursday night was arrested on suspicion of robbery after sheriff's deputies identified the car fleeing the scene of the holdup, authorities reported.
San Jose Mercury
- Capitola passes on making Amgen bid amid high costs
Santa Cruz already dropped out due to high cost, low funds
- Private security guards to supplement police patrols in downtown Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ -- Downtown visitors will see more uniformed officers patrolling Pacific Avenue this month, but the new faces will not be police.
- Santa Cruz County asks state officials to do more to stop PG&E SmartMeters
SANTA CRUZ -- County leaders Thursday told state regulators they would do all they could to halt the installation of PG&E's SmartMeter until public concerns about the technology's safety and accuracy are addressed.
- Santa Cruz singer-songwriter among webmusic highlights
Amanda West This Santa Cruz-based singer-songwriter plays on Friday at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage.
- Beer truck loses trailer on Hwy. 17, blocks lanes to Santa Cruz for four hours
Heading south from San Jose to Santa Cruz this morning was a sluggish affair.
- State fines Watsonville $200 a day for ignoring fluoride order
WATSONVILLE -- State public health officials have stepped up the pressure on the city to fluoridate the public water supply, fining Watsonville $200 a day for failing to commit to the project.
- Police: No leads in Watsonville stabbing attack
WATSONVILLE -- A 23-year-old homeless man from Watsonville suffered life-threatening injuries when he was stabbed once in the abdomen on Wednesday evening, police reported.
- Santa Cruz County leaders push ahead with plastic bag prohibitions as state ban fails
With a ban on plastic bags failing to pass the state Legislature this week, city and counties across California are vowing to take matters into their own hands.
- Santa Cruz County judge signs arrest warrant for mother involved in international custody dispute
SANTA CRUZ -- A judge signed a $50,000 arrest warrant Tuesday for a Greek mother who disobeyed a federal court order in June when she failed to return her son to his father, a Watsonville native, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office reported.
- Fire officials says marijuana seedlings had nothing to do with start of Soquel fire
SOQUEL - Sheriff's detectives found 1,000 marijuana plants growing in the labyrinth-like basement of a Soquel Hills house that caught fire Tuesday evening, authorities reported.