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Mayor’s Message | End of an Era & New Beginnings for Scotts Valley

November 7, 2025

Finance | Cost Cutting for Affordable Obamacare

Plain Talk About Food | A Bushel and a Peck

The Mountain Gardener | Japanese Maples Shine Bright in the Fall

Strictly Business | When Sound Becomes Medicine: A Journey Into Sound & Soul

Layering plants for wildlife

March 19, 2021

I confess, I’m a lazy gardener. In July, my idea of working in the garden consists of removing seed pods from the fuchsias and...

Rethink the lawn and save money too

March 5, 2021

Water is a precious and vital resource. Our bodies are about 60 percent water and our brain—a whopping 70 percent. Less than 1 percent...

Allergy mitigation landscaping

February 26, 2021

According to historical records for our area the pollen count is mostly moderate in February. Depending on the weather, Pollen.com and Pollenlibrary.com show medium...

Say ‘No’ to water merger

February 26, 2021

By Bill Smallman The Lompico County Water District and San Lorenzo Valley Water District merger was a win-win move. LCWD’s improvements would get done, and...

The fate of SLVWD is in your hands

February 26, 2021

By Bob Fultz The proposed consolidation of the Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Water Districts (SLVWD) has generated a lot of excellent comments and...

Let Hybrid Learning begin

February 26, 2021

By Roger L. Snyder, Scotts Valley School Bell At last we have good news to share with our community on the move to bring students, teachers...

Controlling diseases and pests on fruit trees

February 5, 2021

I love it when a nice reader takes the time to call me to suggest a topic they’d like to see me write about...

An entrepreneur with a giving spirit

January 29, 2021

What do you get when you combine a community builder, entrepreneur and innovative problem solver? Greg Wimp. In 2020, Greg, owner of four local Togo’s...

My comfort food of choice

January 29, 2021

The word “comfort” became synonymous along with food in the last 10 years or so; “Comfort Food” it’s called. Martha Stewart wrote a cookbook...

Relationship Wellness Month

January 29, 2021

February is Relationship Wellness Month. While working on a healthy relationship should be a year round effort, this time of year is a great...

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Mayor’s Message | End of an Era & New Beginnings for Scotts Valley

Finance | Cost Cutting for Affordable Obamacare

Plain Talk About Food | A Bushel and a Peck

The Mountain Gardener | Japanese Maples Shine Bright in the Fall

Strictly Business | When Sound Becomes Medicine: A Journey Into Sound & Soul

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News Briefs | Published Nov. 7, 2025

Town Hall to discuss District 5 roads on Nov. 13 in...

Santa Cruz County unites to combat food insecurity during government shutdown...

News Briefs | Published Oct. 31, 2025

Starbucks workers rally for unionization in Scotts Valley