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June 19, 2025

Sports Shorts: Softball, Little League sign-ups

Softball registration continues

The Mountain Gardener: Time to add punch to your edible garden

It seems like I’m always reading a gardening magazine or online blog or Googling some horticultural-related topic. There is so much useful information out there.

A year that just might

Two years ago, I wrote a column about the “The year that wasn’t.” It was 2007, the year when Barry Bonds, Lance Armstrong and others were hit with steroid allegations, and nothing, except the “I believe” Golden State Warriors, seemed to go right for Bay Area sports teams.

A memorable park visit

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Invasion of the giant squid

Like a horror show picture, giant squid seem to be invading the coast. From Fort Bragg to Monterey, giant Humboldt squid have shown up in massive numbers.

A strong start

The importance of blind wine tasting

It’s difficult to grasp how difficult wine tasting can be until you begin to practice it.

Planning key for library survival

“May you live in interesting times” — a Chinese curse or a Western invention? While its origin is disputed, its meaning is quite applicable to our current state of affairs. Nowhere is this truer than for the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.

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CRV payments ending at Ben Lomond Transfer Station on July 1

County of Santa Cruz Department of Community Development and Infrastructure has announced that starting July 1, California Redemption Value (CRV) reimbursements will no longer...