🌱 Patch AM: How tips from neighbors helped crack Scotts Valley’s recent hillside fire case

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In today's newsletter:

• How tips from neighbors helped crack Scotts Valley's recent hillside fire case

Also on today's calendar: Summer Sizzle West Cliff Outdoor Market and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.
• Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 73, low: 53.
• Monday: Partly sunny and cool, with a high of 71 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man arrested for intentionally starting fires in Santa Cruz County (mercurynews.com) — Scotts Valley police arrested a man on Aug. 22 on suspicion of intentionally setting several small vegetation fires near Green Hills Road by Highway 17, after he allegedly admitted to starting them. Multiple local fire agencies quickly contained the blazes to about a quarter-acre with no injuries or structural damage, and investigators credit community tips and interagency teamwork with resolving the case.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Scotts Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Summer Sizzle West Cliff Outdoor Market →
  Santa Cruz Lighthouse Parking Lot 301 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Final Photo Make- Up Day
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Wednesday September 2
• Pictures for Sports - Covello and Covello
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
  12:30 pm
• SVHS Back to School Night
  Scotts Valley Unified 555 Glenwood Dr, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA
  5:00 pm
• Back to School Night
  Scotts Valley High Scotts Valley, CA 95066
  6:00 pm
Friday September 4
• Welcome/Fall Sports Rally - Short Assembly
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
• ASB Club Fair in Quad
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
  12:55 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• Tsunami band →
  Kissed by an Angel Wines, 222 Mt Hermon Rd Ste I, Scotts Valley
  5:30 pm
• Felton Music Hall presents... The Holdup - Buying Time Tour →
  Felton Music Hall, 6275 Hwy 9, Felton
  8:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Final Photo Make- Up Day
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Wednesday September 2
• Pictures for Sports - Covello and Covello
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
  12:30 pm
• SVHS Back to School Night
  Scotts Valley Unified 555 Glenwood Dr, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA
  5:00 pm
• Board Meeting
  San Lorenzo Valley Unified Ben Lomond, CA 95005
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I read that the county Animal Shelter on Rodriguez in Santa Cruz is waiving all adoption fees this Saturday.
  All pets have been spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. (Nextdoor North Scotts Valley)
• Harmon Street Mainline Project Set to Begin Aug.
  31: The San Lorenzo Valley Water District's Construction Crew will begin an infrastructure improvement project on Harmon Street and the surrounding… (Nextdoor )

• City of Santa Cruz California posted a job opening for Community Service Officer in Santa Cruz. Apply here.
• Santa Cruz Seaside Company posted a job opening for Plumber II in Santa Cruz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scotts Valley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Felton

• The Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building Benefit (slvpost.com)
• Unopposed San Lorenzo Valley Water District Board candidates celebrate upcoming seats (pressbanner.com)
• North County Democrats to Hold Endorsement Forum for November Election (slvpost.com)

Soquel

• Interim Trail is not simple, cheap, or fast (santacruzsentinel.com)
• Cabrillo's football team amped to start anew (fresnobee.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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