🌱 Patch AM: How a deadly Highway 17 crash unfolded near Scotts Valley

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In today's newsletter:

• How a deadly Highway 17 crash unfolded near Scotts Valley

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 69 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: Low clouds may break, temps: high: 69, low: 47.
• Thursday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Driver dies after solo vehicle crash along Highway 17 near Scotts Valley (santacruzsentinel.com) — A San Jose man died Sunday morning after his pickup crashed on southbound Highway 17 near Scotts Valley, coming off the road, hitting a tree, and then the center divider. Emergency crews could not revive him at the scene, and CHP investigators are still determining whether alcohol or drugs were involved, asking anyone who saw the crash to call their dispatch line.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• In-person Tech Help @ Scotts Valley
  Scotts Valley Branch Library , 251 Kings Village Rd , Scotts Valley
  10:00 am
• Tales to Tails @ Felton
  Felton Branch Library , 6121 Gushee St , Felton
  3:00 pm
• SVUSD Board of Trustees Meeting
  Scotts Valley Water District , 2 Civic Center Dr , Scotts Valley
  6:00 pm
• Trivia Night at Boulder Creek Pizza & Pub
  Boulder Creek Pizza & Pub , 13200-b Central Ave , Boulder Creek
  6:30 pm
• Trivia Night at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery
  Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing , 402 Ingalls St #27 , Santa Cruz
  6:30 pm
• Blue Lagoonies Comedy Show
  Balefire Brewing Company , 21517 E Cliff Dr , Santa Cruz
  7:45 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Mobile Health Clinic
  Scotts Valley Branch Library , 251 Kings Village Rd , Scotts Valley
  9:00 am
• Preschool Storytime @ the Garfield Park Branch Library
  Garfield Park Branch Library Garfield Park
  10:30 am
• Dashing Through the Snow
  Laughing Monk Brewing and Gastropub , 262 Mt Hermon Rd Unit 103 , Scotts Valley
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Zentangle Club
  Scotts Valley Branch Library , 251 Kings Village Rd , Scotts Valley
  10:30 am
• Preschool Storytime & Craft @ Felton
  Felton Branch Library , 6121 Gushee St , Felton
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This very friendly orange kitty showed up at our garage sale today.
  Very sweet, very hungry. We gave it food and water, and would love to get this cat back to its home. Found at Grant and Berry in Santa Cruz. (Nextdoor Scotts Valley)
• 1 DAY LEFT FOR "CLEAR THE SHELTERS" EVENT AT SANTA CRUZ ANIMAL SHELTER.
  Adopting a shelter pets for the holidays is a gift, not only for yourself, but for your new pet too! Already fixed, microchipped & vaccinated too!… (Nextdoor Scotts Valley)

• Peets Coffee posted a job opening for Shift Lead - Scotts Valley in Scotts Valley. Apply here.
• Builders FirstSource posted a job opening for Material Handler Yard in Soquel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scotts Valley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Soquel

• Soquel posts another blowout, wins 10th annual Fremont Firebird Classic (fresnobee.com)

Santa Cruz

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-- The Patch AM Team

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