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May 21, 2026

It’s Your Money: A year-end strategy that might cut your tax bill

“I’m proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is — I could be just as proud for half the money.” – Arthur Godfrey

Plain Talk About Food: My Brown Betty teapot

It was in July of 1946 when Dorothy came into my life. Dorothy had arrived just weeks before on board the RMS Queen Mary, along with 455 other war brides, from London, England.

Santa Cruz Trains: Bonny Brae, one hundred years of adventure

Alongside Mount Hermon Road near its junction with Graham Hill Road in Felton, it is immediately apparent that there is a large meadow to the west, a meadow often frequented by horses.

Valley People

Clemons graduates from Air Force cyber training

New Faces

Wiley Benjamin Scott Beasley, an 8-pound 3-ounce boy, was born to Tessa Sierra Wolfe-Beasley and Joseph Benjamin Beasley of Boulder Creek at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. He was born at 8:08 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2014.

Datebook (Nov. 21, 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.

Datebook (Nov. 14, 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

Markella Lydia Young, a 7-pound 3-ounce girl, was born to Bethany Laurel Clare and Stephen Remesechau Young of Ben Lomond at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. She was born at 8:42 p.m. on October, 21, 2014.

Your Health: Know the signs of impending skin cancer

Just as I was enjoying my remission from my multiple myeloma (blood cell cancer), I was recently diagnosed with melanoma (skin cancer), which was thankfully the superficial curable kind.

The Mountain Gardener: Gardening for frogs

Reading about SLV Homeschool’s new wetland pond construction at the former Quail Hollow Elementary campus in the Press-Banner this past Oct. 31 has me thinking about a low spot in my own garden that becomes soggy during the winter.

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Johnson wins dismissal of attempted human trafficking charges, DA refiles

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