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Scotts Valley School Bell | Celebrating Successes and Embracing Growth

November 14, 2025

Fitness | Stretch Away the Holiday Stress This Year

The Mountain Gardener | Planting Season Begins for Bulbs in the Fall

Mayor’s Message | End of an Era & New Beginnings for Scotts Valley

Finance | Cost Cutting for Affordable Obamacare

The Mountain Gardener | Fun Garden Decor for Halloween This Season

October 25, 2024

If I were looking for cool Halloween decorations or inspiration for breathtaking combinations of plants that shout “Fall is here,” I couldn’t have gone...

Plain Talk About Food | Open at the Other End

October 18, 2024

I love Asparagus, whether fresh or canned, or green, purple or white. And I just recently discovered that asparagus seems to resonate with people...

Finance | Navigating Long-term Care: Hazards and Strategies

October 17, 2024

As my parents suffered lingering deaths from cancer and Alzheimer’s, they appreciated long-term care insurance, and their purchase enlarged my inheritance. I am a...

The Mountain Gardener | Everything You Didn’t Know About Mums

October 17, 2024

You probably think of mums as boring. They’re everywhere at this time of year. Many consider them a bit of color on the front...

Guest Column | Invest in a Healthy Future for SLV Water by Rejecting Measure U

October 10, 2024

In last week’s edition, I highlighted how supporting Measure Q on the Nov. 5 ballot represents a historic opportunity to steward our precious and...

The Mountain Gardener | How to Create a Beautiful Garden

October 10, 2024

Fall is a good time to design and plant a new garden. I love to read those articles in gardening magazines with titles like...

Guest Column | Measure Q: A Critical Investment for Santa Cruz County’s Environmental Future

October 4, 2024

When I look back on four decades of public service, there is one issue that has remained a top priority for me and the...

Strictly Business | Women’s Evolution Retreat — A Sanctuary for Renewal & Growth

October 4, 2024

The roots of women’s retreats may be less documented, but their surge in popularity in recent decades reflects the growing emphasis on self-care, wellness...

Plain Talk About Food | Molasses, The Dark Tide

October 4, 2024

While pouring the dark, thick and very sticky molasses from its bottle this morning, I thought about the people who drowned during the Great...

The Mountain Gardener | This & That From the Internet

October 4, 2024

My friend Evan is a computer whiz and designed my website and blog. He is often researching on the internet and forwards me interesting...

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Scotts Valley School Bell | Celebrating Successes and Embracing Growth

Fitness | Stretch Away the Holiday Stress This Year

The Mountain Gardener | Planting Season Begins for Bulbs in the Fall

Mayor’s Message | End of an Era & New Beginnings for Scotts Valley

Finance | Cost Cutting for Affordable Obamacare

SOCIAL MEDIA

News Briefs | Published Nov. 14, 2025

County Park Friends launches campaign to support youth recreation

News Briefs | Published Nov. 7, 2025

Town Hall to discuss District 5 roads on Nov. 13 in...

Santa Cruz County unites to combat food insecurity during government shutdown...