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October 27, 2025

The Mountain Gardener | How to Improve Your Garden

The cry for help came from a new homeowner. She loves her lovely new home but feels everything in the garden is in the...

Guest Column | Scotts Valley Addresses Road Repairs

Good news! Scotts Valley is making headway on some significant road projects across the city. These are all vital improvements that will allow travelers...

Plain Talk About Food | The Power of Flour

“Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River,” … sang vocalist John Denver As a little girl from the “southside” of Aberdeen, Wash., almost...

The Mountain Gardener | Dahlias and You

It’s that time of year when the dahlia exhibitions are held. I missed a couple already but the Santa Cruz County Fair is still...

Guest Column | From the Heart of a Volunteer

I began writing my food column for the Press Banner newspaper 13 years ago under the watchful eye of editor, Peter Burke. At that...

Fitness | Move Your Body

Think of how much time in a day you spend sitting? You sit in your car to and from work. You sit at your...

The Mountain Gardener | What to Do this Month in the Garden

Summer is winding down. Already. Seems it barely started two months ago. Who doesn't love these long days and warm nights? The calendar might...

Strictly Business | Opposite of East

I am perpetually on the lookout for fresh insights and novel viewpoints for local businesses whose products and services command our attention and investment.  I...

Plain Talk About Food | A Place to Call Home

“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Eighteen years ago my sweet Hubby Norm and I, after months...

The Mountain Gardener | The Best Cut Flowers from the Garden

Several of my friends have big gardens. Gardens that are big enough to have lots of blooming flowers that can be cut and barely...

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

An adult victim was pulled from a van that broke through guardrails along the Santa Cruz Wharf and plunged into 30-foot-deep ocean water Sunday...