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October 30, 2025

Santa Cruz Trains: Laurel, Frederick Hihn’s little mountain town

A hidden glen on the northern fringe of Santa Cruz County, noted today only by a road sign on Laurel Curve off Highway 17, hides a tiny hamlet that once helped rebuild San Francisco in 1906.

Plain Talk About Food: Buttermilk biscuits, my comfort food of choice

The word “comfort” became synonymous along with food in the last 10 years or so; “Comfort Food” it’s called.

It’s the Law: The beach is back

With apologies to Elton John, the beach is back.

Your Health: Keep an eye out for symptoms of Enterovirus D-68

Enterovirus (EV D-68) is an infection that is currently making its way around the United States and has recently been found in California.

Let’s Go Fishin’: Fall brings rockfish, ling cod to Monterey Bay

Salmon season has closed in our local waters, the albacore tuna decided not to show up, and the halibut and white sea bass fishing is tough.

The Mountain Gardener: All gardens change with time

Call it a trick, call it a treat, but all gardens change with time. It’s part of nature for the fittest to survive.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis of the Valleys

Datebook (Oct. 31, 2014)

- 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.

New Faces

Theodore William Price, an 8-pound 1-ounce boy, was born to Mary Ruth Ellen (Mears) and Chadwick William Price of Ben Lomond at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He was born at 3:17 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

The Mountain Gardener: A little slice of heaven in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Outside of the historical agriculture exhibit at the Santa Cruz County Fair, I have never seen so many antique farm implements and tools.

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lifting a van from the ocean

Santa Cruz Wharf incident: 1 person dead, dog sent for emergency...

An adult victim was pulled from a van that broke through guardrails along the Santa Cruz Wharf and plunged into 30-foot-deep ocean water Sunday...