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Scotts Valley
September 13, 2025

Letter: Interesting consensus

EDITOR,

It’s the law: A prelude to trespass

During my middle school years, the orchard around the corner was bulldozed and a shopping center erupted. Being that my friends and I were kids, it was our sacred duty to know everything one could possibly know about that jobsite.

New faces

- Katherine Rose Johnson was born at 11:25 a.m. Sept. 26, 2013 to Stephanie Alexandra and Richard Donald Johnson of Scotts Valley. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

Healthy Living: Recalibrate the way you eat

If your diet has drifted toward increased amounts of sugar, processed foods and alcohol, it’s time to recalibrate the way you eat.

Letter: Exhausted, not offended

“Woodside offensive to Scotts Valley standards”? (Commentary, Randy Johnson, Jan. 14)

Derby team forms in Boulder Creek

Twenty-one local women and counting have become enamored of the fast-paced, hard-hitting game of roller derby.

Letter: Choice is important

EDITOR,

The Mountain Gardener: How to water plants correctly

The recent heat wave was one for the record books. The temps were not the highest we've ever had around here, but as each day melted into the next I kept thinking that fog, nature's air conditioning, was surely on its way. Even drought tolerant plants need a little help at these times.

Letter: Plea for Bear Creek help

Who exactly do we contact about getting that mess at the base of Bear Creek Road fixed? I have been turning up Bear Creek from Highway 9 nearly daily for more than 23 years now, and the pavement has been terrible at that intersection the whole time. Filling those potholes once in a blue moon with a little Quikcrete, which quickly disappears, is just not working. Please! My little car is very tired of bottoming out there, day after day, week after week.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...