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June 13, 2025

Mountain Gardener: Draw children to the garden

In the summertime, kids have lots of time to enjoy the great outdoors. What better way to teach them how our planet works than to let them grow something in their own garden. Share your enthusiasm for gardening by getting your kids or the neighbor kids interested, too. You'll find sharing your knowledge with a child particularly rewarding and you will have helped create a fellow gardener for the rest of their life.

Sustainable living: Local dollars could create a sustainable economy

Pull out a dollar bill and take a good look at it. We all know what it can buy. But what is the paper bill actually worth? It probably cost a few cents to make, but while it’s not very useful on its own, we value the dollar because we all agree that it has value.

Spotlight: Radio enthusiast to speak

Andrew Miller, a collector of World War II-era radios, will be the guest speaker at the San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3.

Ben Lomond man wins $25K with hole-in-one

On June 19, Ben Lomond resident Justin Russell received a $25,000 check — his prize for shooting a hole-in-one May 18 at Seascape Golf Club in Aptos.  

New Faces

- Logan Rialto Brown was born at 7:54 a.m. July 27, 2012, to Tarah Marie (Snow) and Chad Jared Brown of Boulder Creek. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces when he arrived at Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz.

Let’s go fishing: Spring has sprung for fishermen

I am so excited to have sunny days ahead and so many options for fishing and outdoor opportunities.

Healthy Living: Running Blind: Part 2

Editor’s Note: After receiving so much positive response about a March 1 column about Corvin Bazgan, Julia Blanton decided to write a second column about her experiences running with the legally-blind athlete. The column is available at www.pressbanner.com by searching “Running Blind.”

Let’s go fishin’: It’s a steelhead time of year

The days are short and cold and steelhead season is starting! I love fishing and one of my favorite types of fishing is for steelhead. There are many varieties of fishing and steelhead fishing is one that you either love or dislike, because it is during the cold wet winter months where we live.

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Roadwork

Paving work on Highway 9 to begin Monday between Mountain and...

Caltrans will begin a four-day paving project on Highway 9, from Mountain to Larkspur streets in Brookdale, on Monday, June 16, continuing through Thursday, June...