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EDITOR,

I’m often asked by patients how much water they need to drink each day. The Institute of Medicine has calculated that men need about 13 cups or three quarts of liquids and women need about nine cups or two quarts of liquids daily. We also ingest approximately 2 ½ cups, or 20 percent of our daily intake of liquids from food, especially fruits and vegetables. In addition, beverages that we commonly drink such as coffee, juice, milk and soda are composed mostly of water.

A number of recent news items have reminded us why we’re glad to live in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Here are three that stood out:

- Paige Marie Zils was born to Lindsey Ann (Doolan) and Jude Relckherd Zils of Scotts Valley at 5:56 a.m. June 12, 2012, at Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. She weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces.

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected], or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

EDITOR,

EDITOR,

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.