If you deposit $10,000 into a savings account at one of Scotts Valley’s major banks, you’ll earn an interest rate of about 0.03 percent. In one year, your account would be worth $10,003. With that $3 of interest, you could go to Los Gallos and treat yourself to a taco, as long as you don’t order a drink.

Maverick Pierre Wright, an 8-pound 3-ounce boy, was born to Michelle Louise (Fortayon) and Aaron Charles Wright of Scotts Valley at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He was born at 1:47 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2015.

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The returning numbers from last fall for Chinook salmon are promising, while future years may be of concern. The counts have come in from the Sacramento River and its tributaries and they were higher than expected.

The media has recently warned of an unusually bad allergy season causing miserable symptoms to countless people.

Kiwanis of the Valleys

Everett Kekoa McCutchen, a 6-pound 14-ounce boy, was born to Emily Marla and Brian Anthony McCutchen of Scotts Valley at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. He was born at 12:02 p.m. on March 1, 2015.

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