Nature friendly: Welcoming the autumnal equinox
The sun does not rise as high over my redwoods. Deciduous trees — the cottonwoods, the sycamores — are changing into their fall wardrobe of gold and glitter along the San Lorenzo River. The big-leaf maple is dressing for its show-stopping finale. Even the demonic poison oak is turning crimson.
Let’s Go Fishing: Fish and Game decides on inland salmon season
After a delay in the decision-making process, the California Department of Fish and Game Commission reached a conclusion for the 2010 recreational salmon season in the Sacramento River watershed.
Crunch Time: Rich Young did it for the kids
The District 39 champions were crowned recently and youngsters from Santa Cruz County have dreams of traveling to Williamsport for the Little League World Series.
Nature Friendly: Loch Lomond turns 50
To celebrate Loch Lomond’s 50th anniversary, I have organized another free watershed walk with the reservoir’s estimable caretakers: Chris Berry, manager of Santa Cruz Water Resources, and Chief Ranger Scot Lang.
Let’s go fishin’: Steelhead, perch fishing top charts
It is not often people associate perch and steelhead, but anglers are talking about both species for several reasons. Steelhead and perch fishing have been good, and the Sand Crab Classic Surf Perch Tournament is scheduled and open for enrollment. The perch tournament raises money for the steelhead hatchery.
Spotlight: Jennie Warfield
When we think of girls track records at San Lorenzo Valley High School, we think of Ale Barrientos, Lindsay Scarborough, and Taylor Johnson. But a few years before the Rob Collins era took hold in Valley, one girl stood apart from the rest: Jennie Warfield of the graduating class of 1996.
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.
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