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The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil

September 18, 2026

Plain Talk About Food | Yom Kippur

Letter to the Editor | Published Sept. 18, 2026

Scotts Valley School Bell | New School Year Brings Plenty of Activity

The Mountain Gardener | How to Garden in Clay Soil

Finance | Recovery from Nixonomics

September 11, 2026

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, But It Often Rhymes.” —Mark Twain Tragic economic poetry with unprincipled presidents rhymes all too often. Trump and Nixon challenged the...

Fitness | Optimizing Reaction Time

September 10, 2026

How efficient is your reaction time? Think back, when was the last time you tripped but caught yourself from falling. Did you know your...

The Mountain Gardener | September in the Garden

September 4, 2026

Summer is winding down. It’s still warm during the day, but the nights are cool and there’s less and less daylight hours. The soil...

Plain Talk About Food | Fall, the Season of Sauerkraut

September 3, 2026

Fridays, as a small child, was a very important day of the week; this was the day Uncle would reach deep into his pocket...

TherapyWorks | Back to School: When the First Day Isn’t the Hard Part

September 3, 2026

Every August, my feed fills up with first-day-of-school photos. Backpacks bigger than the kids wearing them. Gap-toothed grins on the porch. New shoes, fresh...

The Mountain Gardener | California Natives for Spectacular Containers

August 28, 2026

Adding California natives to my collection of container plants has been a goal for a long time. Besides attracting birds and wildlife to the...

Strictly Business | Helping Seniors Move Toward What Matters

August 28, 2026

When Heather Lewis Sebring asks older adults about moving, she does not begin with boxes, floor plans or what needs to go. She starts with...

Mayor’s Message | Scotts Valley’s 60th Birthday Bash

August 27, 2026

The City of Scotts Valley celebrated our city’s 60th Birthday during the first week of August. It couldn’t have happened without the hard work...

The Mountain Gardener | Planting Under Trees

August 21, 2026

Many of us live under oaks or are surrounded by redwoods. We know the value of trees in the landscape. Trees shade us in...

Finance | Planning Your Financial Future Under Socialism

August 21, 2026

“The weeds of socialism are better than the crops of capitalism.” —Chairman Mao Zedong Bernie Sanders won Santa Cruz County primaries twice and now Ocasio-Cortez,...

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The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil

Plain Talk About Food | Yom Kippur

Letter to the Editor | Published Sept. 18, 2026

Scotts Valley School Bell | New School Year Brings Plenty of Activity

The Mountain Gardener | How to Garden in Clay Soil

SOCIAL MEDIA

News Briefs | Published Sept. 18, 2026

News Briefs | Published Sept. 11, 2026

Felton, Santa Cruz meetings planned on invasive shothole borer

Workforce report highlights job growth, economic challenges in Santa Cruz County

News Briefs | Published Sept. 4, 2026