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October 14, 2025

The Mountain Gardener | How to Use Phenology in the Garden

Always on the lookout for potential problems in my garden, I can use all the help I can get. Solutions are out there. One...

Finance | Landlord Tax

Chairman Mao once paraded landlords before crowds to their deaths and many today would confiscate landlord’s control over property without recompense. When tax clients...

Guest Column | Why Have We Forgotten Our First Generation?

As a young child. I lived in Washington State in the ’30s in a boarding house owned by my aged uncle and aunt, where...

Fitness | Staying Motivated When You Want to Quit

One of the biggest issues of why many of the population aren’t seeing the results of working out, is because they give up and...

The Mountain Gardener | Allergy Season is Here

My neighbor Sue answered her door sneezing and coughing with puffy eyes and a red runny nose that Rudolph would envy. We live among...

Plain Talk About Food | Roses are Red, the Violet’s Blue…

It was in the year 1590, Sir Edmund Spense continued his poem… “the honey’s sweet, and so are you.” And the last two lines...

Guest Viewpoint | Proposed Water Rate Increase Doesn’t Address Common-Sense Issues

There’s a rumor afloat that all San Lorenzo Valley Water District Board Directors support a rate increase. As one of those Directors, and speaking...

The Mountain Gardener | A Rose by Any Other Name

When Juliet tells Romeo that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” she must have been referring to the Compassion rose....

Strictly Business | Unplug to Power Up: How Vacations Can Boost Business Success

In today’s fast-paced business world, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily pressure of life, with endless to-do lists, social media notifications...

Mayor’s Message | State’s Housing Plans a Cause for Concern

I believe it was Thomas Jefferson who postulated that the government closest to the people governs best. That maxim is being sorely tested each...

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Scotts Valley police promote pedestrian safety this month

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, and Scotts Valley Police Department is urging drivers to exercise extra caution to protect pedestrians. According to the National...