Let’s go fishin’: Albacore, sea bass, rockfish start to bite
As of press time, warm water is moving closer to the Monterey Bay and boaters are loading up on albacore. White sea bass remain schooled up in the bay off Pajaro and Marina. Rockfish and lingcod are being caught along the coast, and the season will remain open through the end of the year.
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Mountain Gardener: Time to start thinking about bulbs
My resident squirrels are busy burying acorns for the winter. On the go from first light in the morning until dusk, they scurry up the oak trees to collect this prized food source and then deposit the acorns in the ground and in the pots on my deck, where they will surely forget where most of them are.
Commentary: Cash needed for Felton Covered Bridge tree work
Barrie Coate, a horticulturalist hired by Santa Cruz County Parks 19 years ago, came back Aug. 19 to inspect and report on 15 trees critical to the safety of people in Felton Covered Bridge Park.
New Faces
n Kaden James Thomsen was born at 3:27 a.m. Sept. 2, 2011, to Soquel residents Kassandra Eirene Teegardin and Erik John Thomsen, a San Lorenzo Valley High School graduate. Kaden weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces when he arrived at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. His paternal grandmother, Carole Hatch, lives in Ben Lomond.
Your Health: Non-physician care providers provide great value
Patients seeking medical care today are having more frequent exposure to non-physician providers, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Both of these groups of health care practitioners are professionals licensed to practice medicine under the supervision of a physician.
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Felton Fire District to review parcel tax proposal at meeting Thursday
Felton Fire Protection District (FFPD) Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. to discuss a proposed...