Opinion

My 4-year-old neighbor, Grace, helps me in my garden. She tells me her favorite activity is transplanting. A pro now at loosening roots, she adds just the right amount of soil and waters the new plant in to settle the soil. Watering from the...

Letter: Exhausted, not offended

January 20, 2011

“Woodside offensive to Scotts Valley standards”? (Commentary, Randy Johnson, Jan. 14)

Dear Editor,

December 19, 2015

Our actions can have unintended consequences. Rat poison kills indiscriminately and doesn’t stop with the first death. The rat, or someone’s pet, a raccoon, bobcat, or squirrel, eats the poison, then starts dying painfully, and often runs away. Even if the poison was indoors, it’s now outside in the dying animal. Often another animal finds it, perhaps a hawk; bobcat, raccoon mom with kids, someone’s cat, or even a mountain lion, and interprets the poisoned animal as an easy meal.

Letter: Candidate dwells too little on local qualifications

December 15, 2011

EDITOR,

Letter: Legislature does injustice to disabled and elderly

July 12, 2013

EDITOR,

Letter: We can resist smart meters

August 19, 2010

EDITOR,

September 12, 2024

I’d been waiting for the tour of Griggs Wholesale nursery in Watsonville for a while. This company bought Suncrest Nursery last year and has breathed new life into it. A favorite for years, Suncrest had a reputation for excellence and this new version is...

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor, October 30

Letter: Schooling is state’s, not city’s, responsibility

Letter: Chemtrails? Give me a break

Letter: New traffic light at Mount Hermon Road intersection long overdue

Letter: SLV Water District rate increase essential to maintaining services

Letter: Build college at Aviza campus

Letter: Water rate increases are unfair

Letter: Help out a new nonprofit

The Mountain Gardener | Kids Find Wonder in a Garden

Letter: Exhausted, not offended

Dear Editor,

Letter: Candidate dwells too little on local qualifications

Letter: Legislature does injustice to disabled and elderly

Letter: We can resist smart meters

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