Scotts Valley Planning Commission to Look at AVIZA Property Home Development Project
The city planning commission this week begins seriously grappling with the pros and cons of building 84 homes on the Aviza property, currently zoned for light industrial. • PLEASE NOTE: The image being used is a general location image and do not depict the actual...
Scotts Valley High School Student Wins Water-Wise Video Contest
Winston Mattwandel will be honored by the Scotts Valley Water District Board of Directors at its June meeting. Scotts Valley High School student Winston Mattwandel was among nine local high school students honored for their original videos about water -wise gardens...
National Night Out Coming to Scotts Valley’s MacDorsa Park and Local Neighborhoods
It’s Party Time at MacDorsa Park on August 6th! For the first time since its inception 37 years ago, Scotts Valley first responders are joining federal, state and local officials to commemorate National Night Out 2019. National Night Out, celebrated the first time in...
City Council Budget: More Tough Decisions
The Scotts Valley City Council has developed ways to prop up this year’s $1.54 million deficit, and will review those options during its budget hearing this week. The city council is set to approve changes to the 2019/2020 annual operating budget of almost $13 million...
New Scotts Valley City Manager Ready for The Challenge
Incoming City Manager Tina Friend believes it will take about six months to understand Scotts Valley housing issues, budgetary constraints and its organizational structure.Friend, 41, takes over the helm on Monday, June 3, after serving as assistant city manager in...
Local Law Enforcement to Run Flame of Hope Through Northern California, Kicking Off Special Olympics Summer Games
More than 5000 Law Enforcement personnel from federal, military, state, county and local agencies will be running the Special Olympics, “Flame of Hope,” through Northern California from June 7 through June 21. The event is part of the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run,...
Scotts Valley Area Home Goes on Market for $7.3M
A stunning home in the Scotts Valley area has gone on the market for $7,300,000, which if it sells anywhere near the asking price (which it very well could sell for asking price or more) will be the highest recorded sales price on MLS for a single family home in the...
AVIZA Site Owners Looking to Rezone and Build Homes on Property
Three years after receiving a clean bill of health from the Environmental Protection Agency, owners of the former Aviza property are looking to rezone the 43-acre parcel from industrial to residential. The matter is scheduled to be heard at 6 P.M., Thursday, June 13...
Scotts Valley City Council Appoints New City Manager
CITY OF SCOTTS VALLEY SCOTTS VALLEY—On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, the Scotts Valley City Council unanimously appointed Tina Friend as Scotts Valley’s new City Manager. Ms. Friend comes to Scotts Valley from the City of Santa Cruz where she has worked for nearly 14...
Valley Churches United Kicks Off 2019 Bucks for Hunger Drive
Valley Churches United is kicking off their 29th annual Spring Bucks For Hunger fundraising drive with a mailing that community residents will receive this week. The year-round food pantry is looking forward to the community support that helps fill the pantry shelves...
Guys and Dolls Coming to SVHS
Scotts Valley High School Theatre Arts proudly presents Guys and Dolls, directed by Kendra Kannegaard and Trinity Maxon, with musical direction by Lea Reed and choreography by Finn Vannerus. Guys and Dolls is a romantic comedy and musical theatre classic. On the...
Santa’s Village, Hocus Pocus, and Lost World: Scotts Valley’s Fun Years!
Spring Local History Series Explores Culture and Community of Santa Cruz County March 12, 2019 — SANTA CRUZ, CA—The Santa Cruz Public Library System (SCPL) will kick off its Spring 2019 Local History Series at the Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Rd. on...
Scotts Valley Real Estate Market Continues to Roll and Stay Strong
The Scotts Valley area real estate market continues to be solid with current activity reflecting a 40% pending status ratio. Meaning, 2 out of 5 homes currently on the market already have accepted offers and are in escrow.There are a total of 50 properties currently...
Volunteers needed for Mountain Community Resources annual Phone-a-thon
Volunteers and staff of Mountain Community Resources (MCR), a program of Community Bridges, will kick off their 34th annual Phone-a-thon fundraiser on Tuesday, March 12 at 4 p.m. This campaign is central to funding the center’s annual budget, bringing together the...
Join Santa Margarita Groundwater Association for third ‘Understanding Our Water’ workshop
The Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency, formed in 2017 to comply with California’s new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, will hold the third and final seminar in its three-part educational series, “Managing Groundwater: How Can We Prepare for an Uncertain...
Scotts Valley SLV Real Estate Market Heating Up
With the news full of doom and gloom for the Bay Area real estate market late last year, many were thinking that we had seen the last hurrah and experts were saying that the real estate market peaked sometime in the second quarter of 2018 and that we were in for a...
2018 Scotts Valley Real Estate Market in Review and Predictions for 2019
Click to listen to this 30 minute Podcast that discusses this article and graph below The 2018 Scotts Valley real estate market started off slow with the 2nd lowest amount of listings in January being 16, and the lowest amount of sales at 11 and closings at 8. No...
Homeless Hits Home
If you have went into Santa Cruz via River Street and highway 9, if you visit Costco in Santa Cruz and come back on your way home from buying 5 years worth of Q-Tips, if you have went to the Gateway Plaza shopping center to shop at Petsmart, World Market or Ross Dress...
Valley Gardens Golf Course to Close December 31st
Valley Gardens, a long standing 9 hole golf course in Scotts Valley is closing on December 31st as they have been advising and notifying customers. A call to Valley Gardens was made and an employee who answered the phone confirmed it. Such a bummer. But from what I...
Santa Cruz METRO adds single-ride tickets
Santa Cruz METRO is selling single-ride tickets in advance to expedite bus boarding for passengers to help keep buses on time, and reduce the need for bus riders to carry cash. The single-ride tickets can be purchased at any METRO customer service booth, as well as...
