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October 4, 2025

Home and Garden: As fresh as it gets

The sweet smell of damp, rich earth combined with ripening vegetables drifts lazily over terraced rows of plants on a warm spring afternoon at Love Apple Farms in Scotts Valley.

SLV chamber launches ‘shop local’ app

The San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce has launched a free smartphone application as part of its Shop Local, Shop SLV First program.

Home and Garden: Beauty in miniature

In Santa Cruz County, the arboreal spotlight is so focused on some of the world’s tallest trees — the coastal redwoods, the Douglas-firs — that it might not occur to people outside the know to look here for some of the world’s smallest.

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Lions hoist flag

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Japan earthquake, tsunami causes damage in county

Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in California, following swells that hit the state’s coastline on Friday, March 11. The currents, dubbed a tsunami by many, were caused by the 8.9-scale earthquake that struck Japan on Thursday, March 10.

Valley People

BL resident makes dean’s list

Art boutique opens in Scotts Valley

Artists have found a new haven at Scotts Valley Artisans, a boutique showcasing the fine artwork of about 50 local artists in the Kings Village Shopping Center in Scotts Valley.

Robert M. Brumbaugh June 2, 1929 — March 2, 2011

An open house to honor the life of longtime San Lorenzo Valley resident Robert M. Brumbaugh will be in April in Ben Lomond.

Alternative high school to close at year’s end

In the face of declining enrollment and ever-increasing budgetary strains, the 2010-11 school year will be the final hurrah for White Oak High School in Ben Lomond.

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Greg Wimp

Sandwich shop owner appointed to Scotts Valley Council

As Greg Wimp, the owner of multiple area Togo’s sandwich shop locations, stepped up Oct. 1 to address Scotts Valley City Council about why...