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The Mountain Gardener | Thoughts for the Garden After Thanksgiving Day

November 28, 2025

Letter to the Editor | Published Nov. 28, 2025

Strictly Business | Wylder Space and Community-Centered Catering

TherapyWorks | Use Year-End Reflection to Strengthen Mental Health

Finance | Avoiding Appalling Fees for Sound Financial Advice

Guest Column | Reflecting on 12 Years of Service in Santa Cruz County

December 19, 2024

During the past 12 years, as your Fifth District Supervisor covering Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley, it has been my honor to...

TherapyWorks | Benefits of Reflecting on Your Year & How to Do It

December 19, 2024

As the calendar year comes to a close, many of us instinctively turn to goal-setting and resolutions for the year ahead. But before you...

The Mountain Gardener | ’Twas the Night Before Christmas — A Poem for Gardeners

December 19, 2024

’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...

Plain Talk About Food | Cranberry Sauce: Jellied or Whole?

December 13, 2024

The one Christmas that stands out in my “memory bank” is the one that I forgot to put my bowl of cranberry sauce that...

Finance | Christians Celebrate Planned Giving

December 13, 2024

The most generous country on earth hasn’t sacrificed Christmas, and the Association of Religious Data archives reports that roughly 32% of Santa Cruz County...

Guest Viewpoint | Measure U’s Decisive Defeat: What It Means for SLVWD

December 12, 2024

San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) ratepayers soundly defeated Measure U, the proposal to roll back much of the rate increase put in place...

The Mountain Gardener | Tracing Our Holiday Traditions

December 12, 2024

Every year as I get down the Christmas decorations I think about past holidays with friends and family. Who was that well-fed baby in...

Strictly Business | Find Your Own Breath in Stillness

December 6, 2024

I was standing in the back of the Senior Center of Scotts Valley building, amongst the Oak trees, in the grass where 25 people...

The Mountain Gardener | Holiday Wreaths Made Easy

December 6, 2024

Today’s the day I’ve been anticipating for months. It’s the day I go to the Felton Holiday Wreath Makers get together to create another...

Plain Talk About Food | Feeding More Than Just Your Body

November 29, 2024

“Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.” —King Solomon We tend our vegetable gardens by weeding,...

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The Mountain Gardener | Thoughts for the Garden After Thanksgiving Day

Letter to the Editor | Published Nov. 28, 2025

Strictly Business | Wylder Space and Community-Centered Catering

TherapyWorks | Use Year-End Reflection to Strengthen Mental Health

Finance | Avoiding Appalling Fees for Sound Financial Advice

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News Briefs | Published Nov. 28, 2025

$1M funding boosts new clubhouse in Scotts Valley

Third man convicted for 2019 Atre murder in Santa Cruz Mountains

Scotts Valley Police share holiday safety tips to keep residents secure

News Briefs | Published Nov. 21, 2025