Soquel High School Valedictorians & Salutatorians • Capitola Vice Mayor Alex Pedersen Resigns: His Eligibility Questioned after He Bought Santa Cruz Home, By Jondi Gumz • CASA: New Advocates for Children in Foster Care & Juvenile Justice • Bay Fed Employees Raise $15K for Local Nonprofits • County Fair Entry Guide is Online • Rep. Jimmy Panetta Announces Six Local Nominees to the U. S. Service Academies • Hwy 1 Chanticleer Walkway Bridge Ribbon Cutting, By Jondi Gumz • Administrator of the Year • Maddie Taylor Wins Lions Speakers Contest, By Krista Brassfield • New City Council Appointee to be Announced June 12 • Young Innovators: Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary Invention Convention Expo • Soquel Student Inventors Q&A • Excitement Builds for Cabrillo Stage’s ‘Sweeny Todd’ • Central Fire Chief Jason Nee on Shared Services • Cabrillo’s Youth Chorus, Opera Founder Retiring: Cheryl Anderson Ending 35-Year Career in Music Department • Capitola Wharf Master Plan Update, By Heidi Johnston • Community Foundation Awards 47 Scholarships • Dear Readers, I Will Miss You!, By Jondi Gumz • SCCAL Athletes-of-the-Year: Eli Fitchen-Young • Izzy Graff • Claire Skinner • Evie Marheineke Wins Scholarship • Local Track Athletes Going to State • Aptos High Wins Pat Lovell Award • Sandcastle Toys: Hands-On, Heirloom Quality, Photos and Story By Heidi Johnston …and much more!