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The Press Banner Interview: John Weiss

September 19, 2016

Plain Talk About Food | Roses are Red, the Violet’s Blue…

The Mountain Gardener | A Christmas Poem

Letter: The lone defense against usury

Editorial: Drug deal, stabbing raise concerns

December 17, 2009

An early-December stabbing of two men under the covered bridge in Felton has cast an ugly shadow on the Christmas season in the San Lorenzo Valley.

As I leave, I remember why I do this

July 17, 2009

I’ll be moving to Oregon in a few days after a few years at the editorial helm of the Press-Banner. I’m going from one local weekly paper to another, the Wallowa County Chieftain in Enterprise, in the far northeastern corner of the state.

Commentary: Supervisors shortchange rural fire protection

April 8, 2010

Few people think about Proposition 172. What is it? Who cares, anyway? You should care, since Proposition 172 provides an ongoing half-cent sales tax that was voter-approved in 1993.

Letter: Keeping environment clean not too much to ask

November 23, 2011

EDITOR,

Letter: Time for a flat tax to be enacted in U.S.

April 3, 2014

EDITOR,

Letter: Keep Santa Cruz together

July 28, 2011

EDITOR,

Dear Editor,

December 12, 2015

We have decorated our yard with holiday lights and are hosting a canned food drive for Valley Churches United beginning December 1st.

October 25, 2024

If I were looking for cool Halloween decorations or inspiration for breathtaking combinations of plants that shout “Fall is here,” I couldn’t have gone to a better place than Scarborough Gardens, the Scotts Valley nursery extraordinaire. Every vignette of plants along with the Halloween...

December 8, 2023

You may have noticed that a new fence has gone up around the future home of Scotts Valley’s town center off Mt. Hermon Road. In November, 1,400 tons of contaminated soil were removed from the site, and with it, one of the reasons the...

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Opinion

The Press Banner Interview: John Weiss

Plain Talk About Food | Roses are Red, the Violet’s Blue…

The Mountain Gardener | A Christmas Poem

Applaud SLV Water District

Letter: The lone defense against usury

Editorial: Drug deal, stabbing raise concerns

Letter: Cal Fire misused

As I leave, I remember why I do this

Commentary: Supervisors shortchange rural fire protection

Letter: Keeping environment clean not too much to ask

Letter: Time for a flat tax to be enacted in U.S.

Letter: Keep Santa Cruz together

Dear Editor,

The Mountain Gardener | Fun Garden Decor for Halloween This Season

Guest Column | Scotts Valley Working to Make Town Center a Reality

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