A SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT CENTER, THAT WAS NEAR SCOTTS VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAS CLOSED; AND HOPES TO RE-OPEN SOMEWHERE ELSE IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE OWNERS OF THE TREATMENT CENTER, WHICH HAD BEEN OPERATING THERE SINCE 2012, OPTED TO MOVE AT THE REQUEST OF CITY OFFICIALS. THEY CLOSED THE CENTER THIS WEEK (THE DAY BEFORE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENED FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR). FOR NOW, PEOPLE ON PROBATION WILL JOIN MEETINGS HELD AT THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT; WHILE PAROLEES WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TREATMENT CENTER TO RE-OPEN IN A NEW LOCATION.
