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Fitness | Stretch Away the Holiday Stress This Year

November 13, 2025

The Mountain Gardener | Planting Season Begins for Bulbs in the Fall

Mayor’s Message | End of an Era & New Beginnings for Scotts Valley

Finance | Cost Cutting for Affordable Obamacare

Plain Talk About Food | A Bushel and a Peck

The Mountain Gardener | Rx for Sad Houseplants

January 12, 2023

It’s been a tough couple weeks for my houseplants. Power outages from recent storms made me move my African violet, which was just starting...

Guest Column | Santa Cruz County Saw Major Changes in 2022

January 6, 2023

As I reflect on 2022, it’s difficult to imagine another year that brought as much change to Santa Cruz County in terms of policymaking...

The Mountain Gardener | Magenta: Pantone Color of the Year for 2023

January 6, 2023

We are all drawn to different colors in a garden. Some of us like soft, pastel shades while others like strong, jewel tones. They...

Plain Talk About Food | Gong Xi Fa Cai

December 30, 2022

San Francisco’s Chinatown was my hubby and my destination to celebrate the Chinese New Year the first year we married. 1974 was the Year of...

Wishing All a Wonderful Holiday Season and Healthy New Year

December 22, 2022

As we approach the holidays and 2022 concludes, I want to express my appreciation for the great work of City Manager Mali LaGoe and...

The Mountain Gardener | A Christmas Poem

December 22, 2022

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the garden,The creatures were stirring, the deer got a pardon. The hummingbird feeders were hung by the...

The Grey Christmas Blouse

December 16, 2022

The blouse was grey, and the most beautiful blouse that this little 8-year-old girl had ever seen in her short lifetime. The blouse had...

Tracing Our Holiday Traditions

December 16, 2022

We all have traditions that we look forward to every year during the holidays. For some it’s the annual trip to the Christmas tree...

Useful info for you about toxic holiday plants

December 10, 2022

I have a cat named Archer. He’s a little too vocal sometimes but thankfully, he doesn’t chew on plants. If he did or if...

Capturing Babies, Pets and Family

December 1, 2022

Their business tagline is ‘Boutique Photographers and soon-to-be-best friends.’ We meet great people at networking events, so while attending the Women’s Business Network-SLV on Nov....

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Fitness | Stretch Away the Holiday Stress This Year

The Mountain Gardener | Planting Season Begins for Bulbs in the Fall

Mayor’s Message | End of an Era & New Beginnings for Scotts Valley

Finance | Cost Cutting for Affordable Obamacare

Plain Talk About Food | A Bushel and a Peck

SOCIAL MEDIA

County Park Friends launches campaign to support youth recreation

News Briefs | Published Nov. 7, 2025

Town Hall to discuss District 5 roads on Nov. 13 in...

Santa Cruz County unites to combat food insecurity during government shutdown...

News Briefs | Published Oct. 31, 2025