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Plain Talk About Food | A Fresh Beginning

January 15, 2026

Scotts Valley School Bell | Back to School in 2026

The Mountain Gardener | What’s New? Gardening Trends for 2026

The Mountain Gardener | The 2026 Pantone Color of the Year

Finance | Partnership and LLC Planning

Plain Talk About Food | A Place to Call Home

September 1, 2023

“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

September 1, 2023

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

TherapyWorks | New School Year Can Bring New Stressors

August 25, 2023

School is officially back in session. A new school year can also bring new stressors. New teachers, new classmates, new routines. Change can be...

Guest Column | Our Forgotten Generation

August 25, 2023

Many years ago, I took a group of high school students who belonged to the Interact Club, a Rotary sponsored volunteer group of 14-18-year-olds,...

The Mountain Gardener | Cool Your Garden with Blue

August 25, 2023

Recently I designed a garden for someone who asked for lots of blue in her landscape. “Good choice,” I said. I did have to...

Guest Column | Scotts Valley Turns 57

August 18, 2023

Scotts Valley became a city 57 years ago on Aug. 2, 1966. Scotts Valley is still a young city and still evolving. The city’s...

Plain Talk About Food | The Secret of Aunt Betty’s ‘Crust Dust’

August 18, 2023

Summer fruit season is upon us as those beautiful peaches, pears, plums and now apples are showing up at the local farmers markets. Sadly,...

The Mountain Gardener | Be Aware of Native Plants That Are Toxic

August 18, 2023

August already. Plants are growing like there’s no tomorrow. The hummingbirds are my constant companions in the garden and the resident deer population is...

Guest Column | Are You One of the Few?

August 11, 2023

If you, like me, were born between 1930 and 1946 (worldwide), you are one of the rare surviving senior citizens of this special group....

Fitness | Keeping Your Training Routine While Traveling

August 11, 2023

How many of us have the mindset of keeping our fitness routine while traveling? We pack our fitness clothes with every intention of starting...

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Plain Talk About Food | A Fresh Beginning

Scotts Valley School Bell | Back to School in 2026

The Mountain Gardener | What’s New? Gardening Trends for 2026

The Mountain Gardener | The 2026 Pantone Color of the Year

Finance | Partnership and LLC Planning

SOCIAL MEDIA

California State Parks to conduct pile burning at Big Basin, Henry...

One week of overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton...

Award-winning country artist William Prince still feels like an underdog

News Briefs | Published Jan. 9, 2026

Scotts Valley Police Department receives $100K grant for traffic enforcement