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October 7, 2025

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- 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.

It’s the law: A prelude to trespass

During my middle school years, the orchard around the corner was bulldozed and a shopping center erupted. Being that my friends and I were kids, it was our sacred duty to know everything one could possibly know about that jobsite.

Let’s go fishing: Commercial crab season starts strong

The commercial Dungeness crab season in Central California opened Nov. 14 and started off great, until the weather took a turn and kept boats in port. The market is hungry for crabs, and consumers are paying top dollar to start the season.

New faces

Joseph Byron Burns was born at 2:43 a.m. Nov. 7, 2012, to Christine Michele Dahl and David Michael Burns, PhD, of Boulder Creek. Joseph weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces when he arrived at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View.

The Mountain Gardener: Christmas plants for the aunts

I've barely finished eating leftover turkey a dozen different ways, and already I find myself thinking of all things Christmas.

Your Health: When to call in sick

It’s getting to be the time of year when respiratory illnesses, such as colds, coughs and the flu, begin to make more of us ill.

Talk about money: With election finished, taxes uncertain

The long political campaign is over. Endless hours of debates and political ads ended with not much change in Washington, D.C. Barack Obama is still president, Democrats still control the Senate and Republicans still control the House.

The Mountain Gardener: Eat your heart out with food-named plants

Have you noticed how many plant varieties are named after food?

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Greg Wimp

Sandwich shop owner appointed to Scotts Valley Council

As Greg Wimp, the owner of multiple area Togo’s sandwich shop locations, stepped up Oct. 1 to address Scotts Valley City Council about why...