This month marks the end of an era in Scotts Valley. For as long as I can remember, the name Walpole has been synonymous with the Scotts Valley Police Department. Steve Walpole Sr. once led our ...

Walpole’s final day with the city of Scotts Valley was Oct. 30 and police Capt. Jayson Rutherford will become the city’s ...

The family of an eight-year-old boy who drowned near a Walpole camp site have broken their silence over his tragic death.

Chief of the Scotts Valley Police Department, Steve Walpole, has retired on Thursday. He has spent 30 years with the department, rising through the ranks to lieutenant in 2014 before being sworn in ...