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October 26, 2025

Garden Drama with Large-Leafed Plants

Gardens have different personalities. Some gardens mimic nature with plants that attract birds and butterflies and other wildlife and look a bit wild. Some...

Plain Talk About Food | The Way We Were

Even though my kids are all-grown-up, nothing pleases me more than hearing them tell me how much they love my cooking, and often they...

The Mountain Gardener | Adding a Dry Creek Bed to Landscape

With so many people replacing their thirsty lawns with low water-use plants, I’m getting lots of requests for ideas about what to do with...

Guest Column | Scotts Valley Parks Await You

The official beginning of summer welcomes warmer weather, longer days and many opportunities to be active. Being outdoors makes us feel good and, as...

TherapyWorks | Navigating Summer

Summer is here. The kids might be looking forward to lazy days, sleeping in and not having to worry about homework, projects or tests,...

The Mountain Gardener | Vines — More Than Just a Pretty Face

Vines are beautiful to look at when in bloom or fall color. Fragrant vines can scent the air when you’re sitting outside on the...

Plain Talk About Food | Honor Thy Father…

As a small child and living with my elderly uncle and aunt, I gave little thought to my absent father until it was time...

The Mountain Gardener | Anxiously Awaiting Summer

The calendar says summer starts next Wednesday, June 21, at 7:57am. To say it’s been a strange year weather-wise would be an understatement. I,...

Fitness | Let’s Talk Cardio and Core

How often are you getting in cardio and core training? Let’s start off talking about cardio. When we think of cardio, what comes to...

The Mountain Gardener Celebrates 900 Columns

Well, it’s come to this—my 900th column. Starting way back in October of 2005, my first column appeared in the newly combined San Lorenzo...

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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...