Commentary: Top two is new in California
Your ballot will look different for this June 5 Presidential Primary Election. The change is due to the fact that California voters passed Proposition 14 in June 2010, enacting a top-two primary voting system.
Your Health: Hay fever hits hard
Allergic rhinitis, commonly called hay fever, affects as much as 40 percent of children and 10 to 30 percent of adults in the United States. It is “seasonal” if symptoms occur at particular times of the year and “perennial” if they remain year round.
Let’s go fishing: Fantastic salmon opener suggests a lively season
April 7 was opening day of salmon season, and it started with a bang.
The Wine Lover: Wine so sweet
There are a couple of ways to make a dessert wine. Of course, the cheap and easy way is to simply add sugar to the wine. This practice, however, is only used with cheap, poorly made, quaffing wines. The other way is to let the “residual” sugar in the wine sweeten it naturally.
Valley Neighbors: A feed store story
Animals have always had a special place in Christine Richie's heart.
Three candidates vie for two Scotts Valley council seats
Mike Zeller, the director of programming and project delivery for the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, is the relative newcomer on the Scotts Valley...











