Let’s Go Fishin’: Ocean fishing opens up for salmon and rockfish
Rockfish and lingcod season started out slowly April 1, and is rapidly building momentum. Salmon season launched days later with hit-and-miss results.
Home & Garden: The Mountain Gardener: Planning for the dry season, Step 1: Lose the lawn
Front and center in the news and in your garden is the drought and what you can do about it in your own landscape. If you’ve dabbled before with replacing thirsty plants with climate-appropriate low-water-use California native plants or those from areas similar to ours, this is the year to step up your efforts.
Santa Cruz Trains: Glen Arbor, a retreat for the Bay Area elite
The Scottish influence on San Lorenzo Valley place names was nearing its end when Glen Arbor was founded as a residential subdivision in 1909.
Plain Talk About Food: Bell Peppers, you either Love ‘em or Hate ‘em
I cannot remember seeing a green bell pepper until I was married and buying food for my own dinner table. Even then, those shiny, green, unfamiliar peppers never made their way to my grocery cart.
The Mountain Gardener: April: For everything there is a season
Seems like just about everything is in bloom. Sure, there are many plants and trees whose season is still a ways off, but the flowers of early spring really get our attention.
Three candidates vie for two Scotts Valley council seats
Mike Zeller, the director of programming and project delivery for the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, is the relative newcomer on the Scotts Valley...
