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September 9, 2025

Let’s go fishin’: Fishing updates from around the state

It’s a busy time of year for anglers.

Girls hoops have high hopes: Falcons look for a repeat, Cougars seek to improve

Coming off the first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title in school history, the Scotts Valley High girls basketball team has high hopes as it prepares for the 2011-12 season.

Mountain Gardener: Aspen gold brightens Sierra landscape in autumn

On the eastern side of the Sierra, ribbons of brilliant gold flow down the mountainside. The color can be seen from miles away. Meadows spread wide covered with vivid yellow-leafed aspen quaking in a fall breeze. It's the height of the fall foliage season in this part of California.

Visiting family during the holidays can be less stressful

Just in case visiting family during the holidays feels more like going to the dentist than “Joy to the World,” let me tell you how I handled this reality in my own life.

Plain talk about food: In search of the perfect muffin

It was in the 1980’s when I discovered a famous Seattle coffee shop’s giant “banana nut muffins.”  Instantly, I became addicted.

Talk about money: Investors want to do well, and do good

The popularity of socially responsible investing is on the rise. Forbes magazine reports that $1 of every $9 under professional management in the U.S. is an SRI investment. A recent survey by Merrill Lynch shows that 29 percent of young adults support values-based investing.

Your Health: Coffee not detrimental to health

I remember growing up and hearing warnings about consuming too much coffee, because it was possibly related to health problems. Well, my fellow java drinkers, the tide seems to be turning.

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Felton Fire District to review parcel tax proposal at meeting Thursday

Felton Fire Protection District (FFPD) Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. to discuss a proposed...