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Plain Talk About Food | Weeping for a Stranger

May 15, 2026

The Mountain Gardener | What Can Your Soil Do For You?

Scotts Valley School Bell | Turning the Pages

Finance | Wartime Financial Planning

The Mountain Gardener | Dogwoods in the Garden

The Mountain Gardener | Adding a Dry Creek Bed to Landscape

June 29, 2023

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

June 23, 2023

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

June 22, 2023

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

June 22, 2023

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…

June 16, 2023

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

June 16, 2023

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

June 8, 2023

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

June 8, 2023

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...

Guest Column | Scotts Valley back then

June 2, 2023

One intersection with traffic lights. No high school. No movie theater. No transit center. One big shopping center. That was Scotts Valley when I...

Strictly Business | Embrace the Charm: Saturdays on the Deck

June 2, 2023

Vacations are meant to be filled with adventure, curiosity and pure enjoyment. We all have ideas of how to spend our holiday time, but...

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Plain Talk About Food | Weeping for a Stranger

The Mountain Gardener | What Can Your Soil Do For You?

Scotts Valley School Bell | Turning the Pages

Finance | Wartime Financial Planning

The Mountain Gardener | Dogwoods in the Garden

SOCIAL MEDIA

Johnson wins dismissal of attempted human trafficking charges, DA refiles

State Parks plans prescribed burns in Henry Cowell Redwoods sandhills

Scotts Valley Council hears from new police chief

News Briefs | Published May 8, 2026

Graham Hill Road repaving to begin Monday