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Scotts Valley School Bell | Happy Holidays From Your Local Schools

December 12, 2025

The Mountain Gardener | Holiday Traditions From the Garden and Home

Plain Talk About Food | The Joy of Leftovers After a Holiday Meal

Mayor’s Message | Year-End Reflections

The Mountain Gardener | Beware of Toxic Holiday Plants This Season

Police Force Serves Community

October 7, 2022

I was honored to participate in a long-standing Scotts Valley tradition recently, the Annual Scotts Valley Police Formal Inspection. This tradition began in 1978...

Oil, What’s it Good For?

October 7, 2022

“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” - Epicurus While reaching for the mundane bottle of...

A Day in the ER With Dignity Health

September 30, 2022

The phone rang, and my doctor’s assistant was on the other end. “Janet, our office is not equipped to help you; you must go to...

When Butter Becomes Ghee

September 23, 2022

This morning, while up to my elbows in potato yeast dough, a voice calling my name came through my opened screen door. It was...

Thinking Strategically About Our Future

September 8, 2022

This spring, Scotts Valley City Council held public workshops to discuss the City’s long-standing strategic goals. City Manager Mali LaGoe led the Council through...

Homegrown Tomatoes

September 8, 2022

Alaska, where the Crows created the world And the Ravens brought the sunlight - Native quote I have been in Alaska and my hometown of Aberdeen, Washington...

My Traveling Shoes

August 18, 2022

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men...

Cabrillo’s ‘Candide’ is a Force

July 29, 2022

Promoted as a “Satire of Innocence, Optimism and the Unexpected Lessons of Life,” Cabrillo Stage’s adaptation of Voltaire’s “Candide” is a glorious conglomeration of...

Inflation Mandates Government be More Accountable, Transparent and Efficient

July 22, 2022

Across the world and here in Scotts Valley, people’s paychecks are being stretched like never before. With U.S. inflation running at its highest rate...

Believe

July 22, 2022

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt I know exactly the time and date and where it was that I realized I was...

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Scotts Valley School Bell | Happy Holidays From Your Local Schools

The Mountain Gardener | Holiday Traditions From the Garden and Home

Plain Talk About Food | The Joy of Leftovers After a Holiday Meal

Mayor’s Message | Year-End Reflections

The Mountain Gardener | Beware of Toxic Holiday Plants This Season

SOCIAL MEDIA

California State Parks conducts pile burning in Santa Cruz Mountains

News Briefs | Published Dec. 12, 2025

News Briefs | Published Dec. 5, 2025

San Lorenzo Valley fire districts receive $160K grant for new extrication...

News Briefs | Published Nov. 28, 2025