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The Harbor High School boy’s soccer team had its way with Scotts Valley in a disappointing loss for the Falcons that dropped them to 1-1 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.

Gardens have different personalities.

 

What would you plant if you lived in a flat area with very poor drainage? Where the landscape is shaped by limestone or dolomite bedrock, and the shallow soil is filled with carbonate rock? Where there is limited surface water and no above-ground rivers, and where lakes and swamps are present, but the water is marshy and not palatable for drinking? Where you have two seasons, six months of rain and six months dry, and — oh yeah — did I mention you get 100 inches of rain during the wet season?

Lynda Powell, of Ben Lomond, grew up in the Deep South in the 1950s and ’60s and witnessed the many horrors of segregation. Her interest in racial equality began at a young age when she saw how black people in the county were treated as second-class citizens.

I try to avoid the overused term “El Nino.”

You can feel it. When school starts, Indian summer usually starts, too, and already we’re basking in lots of sunshine.