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June 7, 2025

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.

Your Health: Despite Yosemite scare, deer mouse-borne infection rare

There has been a lot of news recently about Hantavirus infections involving visitors to Yosemite National Park. Six cases, including fatal infections, have occurred in park visitors who stayed in “signature cabins” in the Curry Village this summer.

Nature Friendly: Quail Hollow Ranch — A Walk through a herp haven

At Quail Hollow Ranch in Ben Lomond, I’ve seen the gopher-eating great blue heron and the mountain lion that hides in a small grove of trees across from the pond and takes his deer kill from the nearby fields. But what about the animals who live a life unseen — those who live in the realm of the creepy crawlers, under a rotting branch or in the water?

Reporter’s notebook: A’s fans out of luck

I love the start of the Major League Baseball season. Rarely does the prospect of overpriced domestic beer and eating questionably sanitary and unquestionably unhealthy food — all while surrounded by foulmouthed drunks — sound as appealing as it does this time of year.

Let’s Go Fishin’: Get ready for a spectacular summer fishing season

It seems as though summer has finally kicked in with last weeks unseasonable showers behind us. Summer brings long days and many opportunities to go fishing and enjoy the outdoors. The ocean hosts chances at many types of fish and techniques this time of year. Due to low rainfall many rivers and lakes in the Sierras are also good for fishing right now because they are usually too high with snow melt this time of year.

The Mountain Gardener: Plants play starring role in holiday traditions

We all celebrate the holidays in different ways.

Your Health: Childhood immunizations still necessary to prevent serious disease

Small pox, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella are all potentially life-threatening diseases that have been almost completely eliminated from our society during our lifetimes. The reason for this is the routine childhood immunization program that has been widely accepted in the United States, as well as most of the modern world.

Have a stress-less holiday season

If I said stress-free holidays are possible, would you believe me? In reality, “stress-less” is achievable, and more honest.

The Mountain Gardener: Say hello to a new year in the garden

It's a humbling experience to read some of my past columns celebrating New Year’s. Once you write something down, it's there forever. Like a social media post, it can haunt you. I've set such lofty goals for myself over the years.

Let’s go fishin’: Quarter-million salmon pass through Santa Cruz

It’s not often I can report that 240,000 salmon passed through the Santa Cruz Harbor.

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Wildfire between Felton and Scotts Valley quelled

A wildfire that broke out between Felton and Scotts Valley midday Friday was quickly contained at 2.3 acres, as firefighters sought to quell flames...