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Strictly Business | When Sound Becomes Medicine: A Journey Into Sound & Soul

October 31, 2025

The Mountain Gardener | Halloween Fun in the Garden This Season

Finance | Financial Freedom Evolves with Professional Advice

TherapyWorks | 7 Healthy Fall Habits to Benefit Your Mental Health

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

TherapyWorks | Physical and Emotional Signs of Depression

October 18, 2023

October is Depression Awareness Month. Depression is a silent battle that millions of people face. It's a complex mental health condition that doesn't discriminate....

The Mountain Gardener | Controlling Erosion the Right Way

October 18, 2023

Not long ago I got a call from a homeowner with a very bare, very steep slope behind his house that was in dire...

Guest Column | The ‘Why’ Behind Measure W for a New Fire Station

October 12, 2023

This month, the voters of the Scotts Valley Fire District will be asked whether to invest $22.2 million into a new fire station and...

Plain Talk About Food | Oh Them Apples!

October 12, 2023

It was many years ago…I believe it would have been in late September, when Sister Agnes Marie corralled me, telling me to put on...

The Mountain Gardener | Japanese Maples in the Fall

October 12, 2023

I’m starting to see the beginning of fall color on some trees. It’s an exciting time of year. My friend, Kate, in Bonny Doon...

Guest Column | New Police Officers Join Scotts Valley

October 5, 2023

Scotts Valley works hard to maintain a full complement of community-oriented police officers. This article introduces recently hired Police Officers Seavana Patzke and Vitani...

Fitness | Fitness Helps Seasonal Depression

October 5, 2023

It’s that time again: The days get shorter with daylight savings, and poor weather conditions start to arrive. This is where seasonal affective disorder takes...

The Mountain Gardener | Plant News You Can Use

October 5, 2023

A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye: Hot weather cherries, drought resistant melons and six other crops that are being...

Plain Talk About Food | The ‘Mysterious’ Lentil

September 29, 2023

Having been raised by an order of nuns from France, eating lentils was as commonplace as eating potatoes for me, both as a child...

The Mountain Gardener | Plant Combinations That Inspire

September 29, 2023

You know it when you see it. That combination of plants that cry out “we get along.” Because it’s fall already after a way-too-short...

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Strictly Business | When Sound Becomes Medicine: A Journey Into Sound & Soul

The Mountain Gardener | Halloween Fun in the Garden This Season

Finance | Financial Freedom Evolves with Professional Advice

TherapyWorks | 7 Healthy Fall Habits to Benefit Your Mental Health

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

SOCIAL MEDIA

News Briefs | Published Oct. 31, 2025

Starbucks workers rally for unionization in Scotts Valley

Santa Cruz Wharf incident: 1 person dead, dog sent for emergency...

News Briefs | Published Oct. 24, 2025

Santa Cruz County Recorder’s Office launches ‘Fraud Notify’