Girls soccer teams ready to strike
The defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Champion girls soccer team is on a roll.
Nature Friendly: Rethinking a walk in the rain
“A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods. I always thought so myself; the Maine woods never seem so fresh and alive as in wet weather. Then all the needles on the evergreens wear a sheath of silver; ferns seem to have grown to almost tropical lushness and every leaf has its edging of crystal drops. Strangely colored fungi — mustard-yellow and apricot and scarlet — are pushing out of the leaf mold and all the lichens and the mosses have come alive with green and silver freshness,” wrote Rachel Carson in “The Sense of Wonder.”
The Mountain Gardener: Don’t let ivy choke your trees
Well, it's that time of year again when all things seem possible.
The Mountain Gardener: To do right by my garden
Last year, I was brave and published my New Year’s resolutions — at least those that pertained to the garden. It’s now the day of reckoning. Let’s see how I did and which I’ll keep up for 2011.
Scotts Valley police arrest 8 for DUI during late summer enforcement
Scotts Valley Police Department arrested eight drivers suspected of driving under the influence (DUI) during a nearly three-week period through Labor Day weekend.
The enforcement...
