Mountain Gardener: Learning the bonsai way
I walked through an Asian-inspired bamboo gate and entered another world: the world of bonsai. Some trees were blooming, others just leafing out, and some had trunks thick and gnarled, as if they'd been alive 200 years — and they had.
Plain talk about food: My Easter hat and an orange marmalade-glazed ham
It was Easter Sunday. I was 17 years old. I had a new hat and I was about to go to hell, of that I was certain.
Scotts Valley graduate receives Teamsters scholarship
Violeta Dauksa of Scotts Valley has been named a recipient of a 2026 scholarship from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship Fund.
Dauksa is a...
