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October 5, 2025

Your Health: Asthma action plan necessary

May is National Asthma Awareness Month. It is estimated that more than 8 percent of the U.S. population suffers from asthma, and the numbers are rising yearly.

Sports Shorts

Volleyball team wins league tournament

Playoff runs end for local teams

Both the San Lorenzo Valley High School softball and baseball teams made it past the first round of the Central Coast Section playoffs last week, and both teams fell in the second round in tightly contested contests.

Plain Talk About Food: Plain talk about fried chicken

Nothing pleases me more than a Sunday's drive up Alba Road in Ben Lomond on a warm sunny day.

Untarnished Etiquette: Recalling a date with the queen

The invitations are out. The catalogs are filled with souvenir items emblazoned “Diamond Jubilee, London 2012.” From June 2 to 5, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth officially celebrates 60 years of her reign, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

New Faces

Devin Michael Cuartilon was born to Lindsey Patterson and Ben Cuartilon of Scotts Valley at 8:11 p.m. April 21, 2012, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.

The Mountain Gardener: Ask the expert

With each new season, we start fresh with high expectations for a bountiful harvest of vegetables and mouth-watering fruit, fragrant flowers to pick for bouquets and healthy plants to attract beneficial insects to the garden. As the months pass, it seems one problem after another crops up.

Locals to compete in CCS finals Friday

Track and field athletes from San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley high schools showed well enough in Gilroy this past weekend to qualify for the Central Coast Section finals beginning today, May 25 at Gilroy High School.

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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...