No Place Like Home for Longtime Scotts Valley Resident Kevin Ma DDS
After a detour to Southern California and the East Coast, Scotts Valley local Kevin Ma is back in the community where he grew up. These days, Kevin is practicing general dentistry at the office of John Stevens DDS at 21 Mount Hermon Rd. Unit H. “It’s good to be home,”...
“POLICE IN PURSUIT” Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Raise Money for Special Olympics Northern California
- Photo credit: PIP FB page • LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: OCEAN SPEEDWAY- 2601 E. LAKE AVENUE, WATSONVILLE Join us Friday, August 13th, for an exciting evening of car racing from 6:00-10:00 pm. Come watch Santa Cruz County, Santa Clara County, and San Benito County law...
Scotts Valley Art, Wine and Beer Festival Returns
NEW VENUE FOR 2021 AS FESTIVAL MOVES TO SILTANEN PARK DUE TO SKYPARK FIELD RENOVATIONS After taking a year off due to the CZU Lightning Fire, the Scotts Valley Art and Wine Festival is back on for Aug. 21-22 at Siltanen Park. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday...
Bruno’s Bar and Grill is Cooking!
Bruno’s Bar and Grill is cooking, both literally and figuratively. First off, it’s no longer a BBQ joint. “We have terrific salads, charcuterie, vegetarian items, pasta, and gluten-free dishes,” says Joanne Guzman, who purchased the eatery with her husband, Ro,...
Draft Groundwater Sustainability Plan Released
Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency held a board meeting Thursday, July 22, via all-remote, web- and phone-based access due to the coronavirus prevention guidelines. At the meeting, the board reviewed the draft Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), a state-mandated...
SVPD Releases 2020 Report
The Scotts Valley Police Department has just released its 2020 report. While some crime was up, some was also down and Scotts Valley remains the safest city in Santa Cruz County. Total part one crimes (rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft, arson)...
Is 2021 The Hottest Real Estate Market Ever for Scotts Valley? Average S.P. Just Under $1.6M
Is this the hottest that we have ever seen the Scotts Valley real estate market? I do not know that it has ever been this hot for a first half of any year. The stats show an incredible and sizzling market that could have been even hotter, but it cooled off earlier...
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Names New Executive Director
The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, the largest land conservation nonprofit in Santa Cruz County, has selected Felton resident Sarah Newkirk as its new Executive Director, succeeding former Executive Director Stephen Slade, who retired this year after fifteen years...
Local Sourdough Bakers Take Off with New Business
The monotony of the pandemic jettisoned two best friends with five children between them into a growing business they call Sourdough Mamas. Ben Lomond neighbors Ashly Beck and Suzie Palmer began their journey early in the pandemic when a friend dropped a sourdough...
Letter to Sutter Health – Palo Alto Medical Foundation: Do The Right Thing
Written by Randy Johnson, Scotts Valley City Council Member When I first read that big changes were coming to Sutter Health, I initially thought that bigger and better things were in store for Scotts Valley. I shared in our community’s collective shock, however, when...
No Place Like Home for Longtime Scotts Valley Resident Kevin Ma DDS
After a detour to Southern California and the East Coast, Scotts Valley local Kevin Ma is back in the community where he grew up. These days, Kevin is practicing general dentistry at the office of John Stevens DDS at 21 Mount Hermon Rd. Unit H. “It’s good to be home,”...
“POLICE IN PURSUIT” Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Raise Money for Special Olympics Northern California
- Photo credit: PIP FB page • LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: OCEAN SPEEDWAY- 2601 E. LAKE AVENUE, WATSONVILLE Join us Friday, August 13th, for an exciting evening of car racing from 6:00-10:00 pm. Come watch Santa Cruz County, Santa Clara County, and San Benito County law...
Scotts Valley Art, Wine and Beer Festival Returns
NEW VENUE FOR 2021 AS FESTIVAL MOVES TO SILTANEN PARK DUE TO SKYPARK FIELD RENOVATIONS After taking a year off due to the CZU Lightning Fire, the Scotts Valley Art and Wine Festival is back on for Aug. 21-22 at Siltanen Park. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday...
Bruno’s Bar and Grill is Cooking!
Bruno’s Bar and Grill is cooking, both literally and figuratively. First off, it’s no longer a BBQ joint. “We have terrific salads, charcuterie, vegetarian items, pasta, and gluten-free dishes,” says Joanne Guzman, who purchased the eatery with her husband, Ro,...
Draft Groundwater Sustainability Plan Released
Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency held a board meeting Thursday, July 22, via all-remote, web- and phone-based access due to the coronavirus prevention guidelines. At the meeting, the board reviewed the draft Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), a state-mandated...
SVPD Releases 2020 Report
The Scotts Valley Police Department has just released its 2020 report. While some crime was up, some was also down and Scotts Valley remains the safest city in Santa Cruz County. Total part one crimes (rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft, arson)...
Is 2021 The Hottest Real Estate Market Ever for Scotts Valley? Average S.P. Just Under $1.6M
Is this the hottest that we have ever seen the Scotts Valley real estate market? I do not know that it has ever been this hot for a first half of any year. The stats show an incredible and sizzling market that could have been even hotter, but it cooled off earlier...
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Names New Executive Director
The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, the largest land conservation nonprofit in Santa Cruz County, has selected Felton resident Sarah Newkirk as its new Executive Director, succeeding former Executive Director Stephen Slade, who retired this year after fifteen years...
Local Sourdough Bakers Take Off with New Business
The monotony of the pandemic jettisoned two best friends with five children between them into a growing business they call Sourdough Mamas. Ben Lomond neighbors Ashly Beck and Suzie Palmer began their journey early in the pandemic when a friend dropped a sourdough...
Letter to Sutter Health – Palo Alto Medical Foundation: Do The Right Thing
Written by Randy Johnson, Scotts Valley City Council Member When I first read that big changes were coming to Sutter Health, I initially thought that bigger and better things were in store for Scotts Valley. I shared in our community’s collective shock, however, when...
