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February 8, 2026

The Mountain Gardener | Attracting More Birds, Bees & Butterflies with Natives

It's always a breathtaking experience taking a walk at this time of year. You might see the cobalt blue flowers of ceanothus or a...

Guest Column | Progress on Regional Water Resource Collaboration

In Santa Cruz County there are seven separate water agencies that serve our community, each with different sources of water, customer demographics and infrastructure...

Letters to the Editor | Published May 19, 2023

Frustrated with Ferrellgas My husband and I are residents of Boulder Creek. We’ve been long-time Ferrellgas customers. Until this winter, we’d been very happy with...

Plain Talk About Food | Jumping Frogs

“If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing...

The Mountain Gardener | The Wonderful World of Wisteria

Wisteria are one of those vines that you either long for or lament ever having planted. They are all fragrant with a delicious sweet...

Fitness | Stop Comparing Body Types

Ever feel like you wish you had someone else’s body type? Is the body you want always just out of reach? Like no matter...

The Mountain Gardener | Filoli Gardens in May

What fun it must have been for the children raised in the 1900s at Filoli Estate. You can just imagine what a kid could...

Strictly Business | Lessons from Horses: The Power of Intention

As someone who has held management and leadership positions for most of my career, I was intrigued to learn more about how working with...

Plain Talk About Food | Soup/Salad and Let’s Talk

Having been raised by my elderly aunt who ran a boarding house for the workers at the nearby sawmill in the small town of...

The Mountain Gardener | Growing Vegetables in Containers, Small Spaces or Shade

I have been gardening for a very long time. But even now I feel I know just a little bit about a whole lot...

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Overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton continues Sunday

Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Sunday, Feb. 8, to allow crews to construct sidewalks, curb ramps, driveways...