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October 9, 2025

It’s Your Money: Investing well means knowing when to take a swing

In baseball, a batter can wait for his pitch before taking a swing. But if he waits too long and lets three strikes go by without swinging, he’ll be called out on strikes.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis of the Valleys

Letters & Shout-outs

Letter: Lexington Hotel will be unnecessary drain on SV water

Your Health: Dispelling myths about flu shots

It's time for me to make my annual plea for everyone to get their flu shot. In today's column, I'd like to answer common questions I hear about influenza and the flu shot.

Plain Talk About Food: The truth about lard…leaf lard and tamales

Lard can be a touchy subject for many cooks who have or have not cooked with lard over the past 50 years, especially if you have not brought yourself up to speed with the new way pigs today are being raised on sustainable farms — such as Flying Pigs Farm in upstate New York.

Santa Cruz Trains: Inspiration Point, or the legend of Coon Gulch

Inspiration Point — the beautiful overlook between Felton and Santa Cruz along Highway 9.

Datebook

- 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.

Datebook

- 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.

New Faces

Edward Thomas Alexander Loveless,an 8-pound 13-ounce boy, was born to Shelley Ann Loveless and Travis James Cone of Ben Lomond at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. He was born at 8:22 p.m. on Sept. 10, 2014.

SV teen aces martial arts competition

Thirteen-year-old Lauren Sibley spent her Labor Day weekend at the AKA American Open Martial Arts Championship in San Diego, and emerged victorious with four awards.

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Invasive Aedes aegypti

Invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito detected in Boulder Creek

Santa Cruz County Mosquito and Vector Control has confirmed the presence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes near downtown Boulder Creek, marking the second confirmed case...