California Department of Fish and Wildlife recommends wild game turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reminds game hunters that wild turkey is one of the healthiest birds to serve for Thanksgiving dinner. The California 2015 wild turkey hunting season opens statewide on November 14 and extends through December 13. The season opens just in time for Thanksgiving. However, hunters are limited to a bag limit of one turkey (either gender) per day and no more than two for the season.
The Mountain Gardener: Garden show fosters new, bright ideas
Every year, I look forward to the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, held each March, for inspiration and landscape design ideas.
Your Health: Preventing osteoporosis takes a lifestyle change
Osteoporosis literally means "bones with holes.” It occurs from bone losing calcium faster than it can be replaced. New bone creation doesn't keep pace with the removal of old bone. The bone is weaker, less dense, and easier to break than healthy bone.
It’s the Law: Do you need long-term care insurance?
These policies pay for part or all of the cost of nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and home health care for people who can no longer take care of themselves.
Talk about money: Housing prices rise in county
After dropping from 2006 to 2011, home prices in Santa Cruz County have jumped 17 percent in the past year as bargain-hunting investors find that rising rents and rock-bottom interest rates are again making it profitable to be a landlord.
Your Health: Acute sinusitis: A painful inflammation
Sinuses are air pockets found in the bones of the skull. There are seven sinuses which are located on both sides of the nose, in between the eyes, and one deep behind the nose. Their true function is not well understood, but some have suggested that sinuses serve to lighten the weight of the skull, to humidify the air we breathe and to create resonance in our voices.
News Briefs | Published July 4, 2025
Tree removal leads to temporary closure on Big Basin Highway
Caltrans will temporarily close a section of southbound Highway 236 (Big Basin Highway) left on...