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“Billions wasted on pricey drugs” was the headline in the newspaper this week. Medicare claims that the program is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars because doctors continue to prescribe and patients continue to ask for pricey name brand drugs when cheaper generic drugs are available.

August James Bradshaw was born at 2:21 a.m. Feb. 1, 2013, to Katherine Louise (Flynn) and Mark David Bradshaw of Mount Hermon. He was delivered at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz, where he weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces.

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Several weeks ago, a group of concerned citizens met at the Felton Historic Covered Bridge Park with renowned horticultural consultant Barrie Coate, who was hired in 1992 by Santa Cruz County to provide a report on the then-existing trees in the newly purchased park site in Felton.

Heavy winds are nothing new for Californians, although damaging gusts usually come in the summer. The early December windstorm that rattled the state — much worse in southern California, but quite disruptive in our neck of the woods, too — was somewhat of an anomaly.

- Alec Edward Thomsen was born to Heather Nicole and Jake Thomsen of Ben Lomond at 8:52 a.m. Aug. 22, 2013. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

SLV Little Leaguers raised more than $11,000 in the league’s inaugural Hit-A-Thon on Sunday, March 23.

Over the course of my emergency/urgent care career I’ve dealt with many different injuries and illnesses seen commonly during the summer months. I’d like to share some of my thoughts on making this a very safe summer for everyone.

Recently I received a bouquet of Stargazer lilies. The spectacular flowers on each stem open in succession and the display will last for nearly two weeks if I take care of them changing the water regularly and re-cutting the stems.