Mall Decision Put Off to March 16: Developer’s Late Letter Delays Decision on Re-development, By John Chown • Approval for 41st Ave. Improvement Project: Construction Expected to Cost Nearly $2 million, By Jon Chown • CAL FIRE CZU Begins Fuel Reduction Project: Goal to Boost Wildfire Resilience on Graham Hill Road • Measure Y Raising Just Enough For Salary Increases: Sales Tax Increase was Hoped to Pay for City Projects as Well, By Jon Chown • Supervisors Approve 57-Unit Housing Project: 841 Capitola Road Project to be Squeezed into Neighborhood, By Jon Chown • Autopsy Confirms Body is Jeanne Burke; Missing San Lorenzo Valley Woman’s Tragic Story at an End • Live Your Dream Award Winners Announced: Capitola Soroptimists Select Six Single Moms for 2026 • Nonprofit Damians Ladder Looking to Expand: Group Helps Low-Income Seniors Stay in Their Homes With Repairs, By Jon Chown • California State Parks Acquires 153 Acres to Expand Big Basin Redwoods State Park • Top Dog Film Festival Returns to Rio Theatre • 2026 Santa Cruz County Fair Theme Announced • Panetta Announces $3.15 Million in Federal Funding for Santa Cruz Wharf Project, By Jon Chown • Mountain Lions Living Around Aptos: Sightings Up in County as Endangered Status Considered, By Jon Chown • State, Feds to Answer BESS Fire Questions: Public Frustrated as Vistra Considers Restarting Facility, By Jon Chown • Supervisors Tighten Rules on Cannabis Lounges; Serv-ing Intoxicated Patrons Could Threaten License, By Jon Chown • County Grapples with New State Behavioral Health Law: Funding for Programs Shrinks, Must be Reconfigured, By Jon Chown • San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers Coming to Aptos: New Musical Director to Fill Role of Her Childhood Idol, By Jon Chown • Leaders Celebrate $1.2 M Federal Investment in Watsonville Veterans Memorial Building • MCT Opens Season 44 With ‘The Spitfire Grill’ • Cabrillo College Football Coach Justin Hansen Takes Leave of Absence • County Election Materials Now Available in Thai and Japanese • Santa Cruz Muse-um of Art & History to Celebrate 30 Years with Red Ball Gala • County Shifts Child Welfare Focus From Investigation to Family Support • Local Agencies Receive AT&T Grants to Boost Emergency Preparedness • Big Creek Lumber Marks 80 Years, Continues McCrary Family Scholarship • Tammi Brown Remembered with Benefit Concert: Beloved Santa Cruz Singer’s Legacy to Be Celebrated, By Jon Chown • Memorial Held for Patricia Rebele … and much more!