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What's Happening in the San Lorenzo Valley

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PG&E equipment on Pilger Road. Nov. 9, 2018

A New Franchise Agreement with PG&E is Long Overdue, and the VWC’s Environmental Committee is Working to Make it Happen

PG&E was granted the franchise to provide gas and electric power in Santa Cruz County, taking over from Coast Counties Gas & Electric on August 30, 1955! The Franchise Agreement (FA) with PG&E is outdated and inadequate. It must be renegotiated to address the current Values of the Santa Cruz County Strategic Plan to improve safety and reliability, to benefit…

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Sutter Health Urgent Care

Keep Urgent Care Services in Our Community

WE NEED YOUR VOICE! Sutter Health (PAMF) is changing operations for its Scotts Valley Clinic. It will no longer be an Urgent Care clinic for the community at large. This will result in residents from the San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley having to go into Santa Cruz seeking urgent care services. A wave of concern has resulted in the…

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Restoring SLV

Restoring Our Valley

Resources to help you after the fires We hope that you are well and safe in these exceptional hard times. Together the Santa Cruz Mountain residents have navigated through the hectic, unexpected evacuation; faced the grief of losing either our own homes; or friends, family, neighbors losing theirs. As members of this community, we have supported each other by organizing…

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VWC Halloween Crossing Guards

Your help is needed to keep our little monsters safe!

Volunteer to be a Crossing Guard in Boulder Creek on Oct. 31 Halloween is approaching, and the VWC again supports the Boulder Creek Business Association with pedestrian safety control during the Boulder Creek Downtown Trick or Treat. Volunteers are needed to help show pedestrians what route to follow and where to cross Hwy 9 safely with the crossing guards. The…

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