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September 14, 2025

New Faces

Ava Lynn Cowden was born at 9:01 a.m. March 24, 2010, to Michelle Lynn (Mason) and Clyde Ernest Cowden of Scotts Valley. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.

Scotts Valley wrestling: not just for the boys

When a wrestler takes the mat they are expected to exhibit a certain warrior like composure that is normally reserved for the boys of our era. The problem for many wrestlers in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League is that the girls from Scotts Valley keep beating them.

Gray day on the greens

Harbor High’s Cory McElyea won the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tournament with a 3-over-par 73, but Scotts Valley High School's Sam Jackson qualified for an at-large berth in the Central Coast Section championship by winning a pitch-and-putt contest in near-darkness after surviving a four-way tie for eighth place. He shot 88.

Club Roundup

SLV Rotary Club

Let’s Go Fishin’: King salmon wait for rain

The coastal rivers of Northern California are teeming with huge Chinook (king) salmon that are waiting for a rain to migrate up the coastal rivers.

Let’s Go Fishin’: Storms bring perch inshore

Recent winter storms brought rain, high winds and heavy surf to the coastal waters. The large winter swells have churned the local beaches and formed new sandbars.

Little League Round-up

Scotts Valley Little League

Off Hours: The week of living dangerously

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series.

Mountain Gardener: Trip down memory lane reveals many landscape secrets

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on historical gardening.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...