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The Mountain Gardener | Thoughts for the Garden After Thanksgiving Day

November 28, 2025

Strictly Business | Wylder Space and Community-Centered Catering

TherapyWorks | Use Year-End Reflection to Strengthen Mental Health

Finance | Avoiding Appalling Fees for Sound Financial Advice

The Mountain Gardener | A Poem of Thanksgiving

Plain Talk About Food | Pierogi for the Holidays, With Love

October 26, 2023

My hubby Norm and I had been married for one year when he announced that it was time we spent Christmas in Chicago with...

The Mountain Gardener | Plants Add Fall Color to Halloween Garden

October 26, 2023

It’s beginning to look like Halloween in my neighborhood with chrysanthemums and pumpkins on porches, skeletons and ghouls decorating front doors and posts on...

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...

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The Mountain Gardener | Thoughts for the Garden After Thanksgiving Day

Strictly Business | Wylder Space and Community-Centered Catering

TherapyWorks | Use Year-End Reflection to Strengthen Mental Health

Finance | Avoiding Appalling Fees for Sound Financial Advice

The Mountain Gardener | A Poem of Thanksgiving

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News Briefs | Published Nov. 28, 2025

$1M funding boosts new clubhouse in Scotts Valley

Third man convicted for 2019 Atre murder in Santa Cruz Mountains

Scotts Valley Police share holiday safety tips to keep residents secure

News Briefs | Published Nov. 21, 2025