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Lately, there’s been a troubling chain email describing unrealistically high fees and charges attached to traffic tickets. It says something like: Your $20 ticket becomes $700 once the state adds it all up, and the California Highway Patrol is out to get us all, thus solving the state’s budget deficit.

Earlier this year, I had so many deer browsing in my garden, I thought the term “deer-resistant” was a cruel joke. Don’t they read those lists anymore?

We’re in the holiday season, and what better time to talk about the drink of celebration: Champagne!

I always say there is no better time to get out and discover wine culture than during harvest. There are only a couple of weeks out of every year when most of the grapes are being picked. In Santa Cruz County, it looks like this time is going to be in the middle of October.

“I’ve been groomed to do this, like it’s my right livelihood. I see the big picture of connecting people to the land, both culturally and naturally,” said Daniel Williford, state interpreter for Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, as we rambled alongside the San Lorenzo River.

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