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Aptos
January 22, 2026

Aptos Chamber News

Karen Hibble is co-executive director of the Aptos Chamber of Commerce.

Working with vacation rentals in our county

Zach Friend
Growing concerns over the loss of housing and the commercialization of neighborhoods led the Board of Supervisors to request staff propose a set of new restrictions for vacation rentals. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a set of guidelines for new restrictions that County...

Water, water everywhere | History Corner

Every winter, the people who live and work in the flats of Rio Dell Mar experience flooding in the streets and in their yards. Every winter, news reporters descend on the area to cover the events. This year, one reporter asked me about the...

Saying goodbye

Name a brick for your family and become a permanent part of Aptos Village.

Something in the water

Gena Rea Timmons is shown on the right. Aptos History Museum archives

Paul Johnston, the man who did everything: Part 2

Aptos Village once had a Town Hall on the corner of Valencia Street and Trout Gulch Road, but it had been torn down.

Ask Nicole: Positive Parenting Awareness Month – A time to renew, refresh and recharge

This January, Santa Cruz County is celebrating Positive Parenting Awareness Month for the seventh year in a row, and several other counties in California are joining in — Inyo, Napa, Mendocino, Sonoma and possibly more!

Financial advice: Understanding CalSavers

In July 2019, the state of California launched CalSavers, a program designed to allow employees access to a retirement savings plan administered by the state if their employer doesn’t currently offer their own retirement savings plan.  What is CalSavers? CalSavers is essentially a Roth IRA that...

The last Aptos Native American?

A tiny six-page pamphlet about Aptos Village reads: Not so long ago there were hundreds of Aptos Indians still living and working in this area. Ralph Mattison, banker, tells of seeing them camped on the beach and remembers his father giving them cheese and milk...

Non-spouse beneficiaries of IRAs

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