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October 27, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: Spring to-dos in the garden

The rain last week was welcomed by all of us who like to watch things grow. There's a patch of grass growing beside a creek where I live that is the brightest neon green I've ever seen. Whether you call it apple green, lime green or chartreuse, it shouts that spring officially started Tuesday, March 20, the vernal equinox.

New Faces

- Mateo Valente Sotelo was born at 7:45 p.m. March 9, 2012, to Bessie Pearl (Mahony) and Manuel Arteaga Sotelo of Boulder Creek. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

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Girls softball falls in opener

Let’s go fishin’: Spring time for fish

We have finally received some rain now that it is spring. It may be late in the season, but fish are happy to have water.

Little league season underway

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Valley Neighbors: Tennis pro shares love of the game

Since her childhood, Judy Newman, the tennis director at La Madrona Swim & Racquet Club and coach of the Scotts Valley High girls team, dreamed of playing tennis at the highest level. Today, she lives that dream.

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Santa Cruz Wharf incident: 1 person dead, dog sent for emergency...

An adult victim was pulled from a van that broke through guardrails along the Santa Cruz Wharf and plunged into 30-foot-deep ocean water Sunday...