Scotts Valley News

Since it rained last year during the Redwood Mountain Faire, few people showed up to the two-day arts and music event at Roaring Camp in Felton.

One witness who stood over Bryan Stow after the brutal beating at Dodger Stadium in 2011 recalled "Blood gushing from his ears." Another present at the scene described the sound of Stow's head slamming into the pavement, "It was a really loud, almost echo-ish," she recalled.

The phone lines are heating up, doorbells are being worn to a nub and political signs are proliferating on road shoulders like brightly colored blooms, as election season in Santa Cruz County heats up.

Ruby Roxanne Agresta has parlayed a unique type of designer cuff into a fashion statement that is reaching the stars in Hollywood.

Granite Bay Youth Lacrosse is holding a New Player Festival from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Cavitt Junior High School.

He was born at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, where he weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces.

With the June 5 primary election taking place next week, candidates for the various offices are working to make their final campaign pushes.

Soon, the Bethany University Theater will close its doors indefinitely. This is a great loss to Scotts Valley.

EDITOR, Wanted to note that I made an error in identifying Hoot Cress as being from Scotts Valley .

Police are working to determine whether three recent commercial burglaries are related, according to Scotts Valley Police Lt.

Midnight: Deputies responded to a report of road rage outside a drugstore on the 6100 block of Highway 9 in Felton.

Santa Cruz artist Val Peyser is making sure that visitors to the still-new Scotts Valley branch of the county's public library system are going to encounter a little fine art with their books and DVDs.

Bobby Marani, an Aptos resident who attended Archbishop Mitty High School, signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., the school announced on Wednesday.

Two San Jose men and a Santa Cruz woman were arrested with methamphetamine, counterfeit money and stolen electronics after an officer spotted them driving erratically on southbound Highway 17.

Linda Lemaster and Steve Pleich wrote an impassioned piece, filled with phrases designed to move people who might be less inclined toward the homeless since the recent murder.

Conrad Sudduth never even considered retiring from Scotts Valley's recreation department until last summer.

Lash lives in Santa Cruz. She is the daughter of Donald and Cindy Lash of Dallas.

I absolutely don't want Bruce McPherson to represent me. Since I live in the unincorporated part of the county that makes up a large part of the 5th District, my county supervisor is the only local elected representation I have.

SANTA CRUZ, May 26, 2012 -- Local contractors are reporting an uptick in work this spring, a welcome change after the recession hit four years ago, followed by the housing crash and a weak recovery.

At a court hearing next month, a San Mateo County judge could put to rest a dispute that's lasted five years, come before three different courts and cost hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.