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October 9, 2026

Datebook

n Submit Datebook items to pbeditor@pressbanner.com or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

New Faces

* Twins Alden Scott Lemus and Beau Dylan Lemus were born to Katrina Elan Ramey and Michael Raymond Lemus of Ben Lomond on July 23, 2010, at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. Alden, born at 12:58 p.m., weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce, and Beau, born at 1 p.m., weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces.

Visiting family during the holidays can be less stressful

Just in case visiting family during the holidays feels more like going to the dentist than “Joy to the World,” let me tell you how I handled this reality in my own life.

Local weight lifter powers way to national record

About a year ago, Nikki Pettel arrived at NorCal Health and Fitness in Scotts Valley looking to do some training to build strength for water polo.

Commentary: Paradise lost to bank indifference

This is the story of the Lange family. We purchased our home in beautiful Felton in February of 1983.

Little League Roundup

Scotts Valley Little League

Valley Neighbors: Elite diver still on Olympic track

Wearing the American flag on her swimsuit, Ariel Rittenhouse has led a life most people only dream about — traveling the world and performing alongside some of the world's greatest athletes.

Ridin’ with the wheeldude: A look at the auto industry

As an invited media representative, I went, for the first time, to last month’s Silicon Valley International Auto Show at the San Jose Convention Center. My conclusion: This typically regional show’s main aim is to help those in a market for a new car by comparing multiple cars’ fit and feel without the dealership salesmen’s pressure.

Plain Talk About Food: Five Gallons Of Soup

“Five gallons of soup”, my Hubby Norm yelled, “five gallons of soup?…Colly this time you’ve gone too far!” he kept repeating as I lugged in twenty pounds   of Cremini mushrooms packed in five pound cartons.  Next came twenty-two quarts of chicken stock, cream and onions and finally, the bottle of sherry wine that it would take to create the Santa Cruz Mountains Gourmet Dinner Club’s Rustic Cream of Mushroom Soup.

Sports Shorts

Cougar softball takes third

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