Scotts Valley, CA

After building a 19-point lead in the second half, the Scotts Valley High football team allowed Santa Cruz High to rally back for a 27-26 nonleague win on Friday night. AJ DaCosta finished with three rushing touchdowns for the Cardinals, including the go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter. With the win, Santa Cruz improved […]

North County Dems host endorsement forum The Democratic Club of North Santa Cruz County will hold an endorsement forum for local candidates and ballot measures on the November election ballot on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The forum will include brief presentations and questions for Democratic candidates in the races for Scotts Valley City Council, Scotts Valley […]

The City of Scotts Valley celebrated our city’s 60th Birthday during the first week of August. It couldn’t have happened without the hard work and dedication of Parks and Recreation, particularly Division Manager Allison Pfefferkorn and her staff, as well as the Scotts Valley Public Works Department and Scotts Valley Police Department. As you can […]

SALINAS VALLEY — Last week’s scrimmages and jamborees were just a little tuneup for South Monterey County high school football teams as the regular season starts Thursday night.  Greenfield will host the King City Mustangs on Thursday, Gonzales will host Scotts Valley on Friday, and Soledad is on the road on Friday at Hollister. The […]

There was a brief moment when Cabrillo College freshman Vaughn Chomentowski was unsure if he was going to continue his football career at the next level. The Scotts Valley High 2026 graduate missed the entire spring ball camp but then decided to join the team during the summer. It didn’t take long to convince Chomentowski […]

A suspect has been arrested in connection with multiple vegetation fires reported Aug. 19 in Scotts Valley, according to a joint announcement from Cal Fire and the Scotts Valley Police Department. Firefighters responded around 12:50 p.m. to the 2300 block of Green Hills Road, where multiple small fires were burning on a hillside. Crews from […]

At 16 years old, Scotts Valley’s Tomas Dauksa is already thinking like an entrepreneur, but his latest business venture began with a problem he noticed at a local swimming pool. Last summer, while working as a lifeguard at Mount Hermon Conference Center in Felton, Dauksa noticed a steady stream of children leaving the pool with […]

Scotts Valley Fire Protection District has appointed Alex Titus to its Board of Directors, filling the seat left vacant by the resignation of Zach Raney. Titus has lived in Scotts Valley with his wife, Elana, and their two children since 2014. He is employed by Microsoft as a senior business development manager and previously worked […]

This article was contributed by Binance With cryptocurrency appearing more often in discussions related to personal finance, residents of Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley have shown more interest in cryptocurrency trends. This article examines possible catalysts for the public interest in alternative currencies, including the volatility of cryptocurrency and market activity and the […]

*Updated at 3:11pm Smoke could be seen billowing up above Scotts Valley as firefighters raced down Green Hills Road to investigate. The call came in at 12:41pm today and turned out to be a vegetation fire of less than an acre, confirmed Division Chief Sam Filson with Cal Fire CZU. “Crews are making progress,” Filson […]