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October 6, 2025

Plain Talk About Food: Plain Talk About Pork Chops

James Beard wrote, “I don’t like gourmet cooking or this cooking or that cooking. I like good cooking.”

Organizers call Junior Olympics successful

Even before the fundraising numbers are tallied, organizers are calling the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics at the San Lorenzo Valley High School pool a success.

Pony baseball has success

Santa Cruz Pony Baseball league recently experienced a run of tournament success not seen in 55 years by winning the Northern California Coast Section Championships, according to league president Steve Peters.

Datebook

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

Junior Olympics continues in Felton

Competition at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics had a fast start this week, as teams from around the nation descended on the Bay Area, including Felton, to compete in the 2012 competition.

BC girl to be honored by charity bike ride

Two years ago, Mia Brees, an active Boulder Creek first-grader at the time, went to the doctor for a sprained ankle that was not healing.

New Faces

- Bridger Albert Marshall Mitchell, son of Page Williams and Mason Mitchell of Boulder Creek, was born at 3:47 p.m. Aug. 3, 2012, at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces.

The Mountain Gardener: Regular walks can find garden problems early

I go out into my garden and look around daily.

Horse, rider win title after stable scare

When 15-year-old Abby Sanchez walked into the stables at Zayante Creek Equestrian Center in Felton on June 24, she found her horse, Brodi, in a life-threatening predicament.

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Greg Wimp

Sandwich shop owner appointed to Scotts Valley Council

As Greg Wimp, the owner of multiple area Togo’s sandwich shop locations, stepped up Oct. 1 to address Scotts Valley City Council about why...