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Scotts Valley
March 10, 2026

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- 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.

Let’s Go Fishin’: Salmon season starts on the right fin

The salmon season started April 5 with great anticipation. Anglers were not sure what to expect with rumors of fish and baitfish in the bay, but no positive reports.

New Faces

Holden Thomas McGuire Johnsonwas born at 1:42 p.m. March 27, 2014 to Amanda Rae Bella and Joshua Timothy Johnson of Boulder Creek. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

The Mountain Gardener: Rose expert shares secrets

Surrounded by roses of nearly every color in the rainbow, I smelled vanilla, spice and honey. The sun peaked in and out of the clouds allowing the vivid hues of the petals to change with the light. I was enjoying the garden of rose aficionados Mark and Lane Maloney of Scotts Valley. Among their 40 rose bushes I was to learn how an expert cares for these beauties.

Talk about money: Property values and the Scotts Valley Middle School bond

Scotts Valley wants a new middle school, and property owners are being asked to pay for it with a ballot measure in June.

The Mountain Gardener: Perennial gardens keep a yard vibrant all year long

When I visit my best friend's house, I park next to the perennial border that lines her driveway.

Plain talk about food: My Easter hat and an orange marmalade-glazed ham

It was Easter Sunday. I was 17 years old. I had a new hat and I was about to go to hell, of that I was certain.

Your Health: E-cigarettes can be highly addictive and harmful, too

There’s been much in the news recently about e-cigarettes. The Santa Cruz City Council has just voted to update the city’s tobacco related ordinances which would ban the use of e-cigarettes where smoking is currently restricted and requiring the product to be sold only by vendors with tobacco retail licenses. Thus, Santa Cruz joins some 50 California state cities and counties in creating such restrictions.

Let’s go fishin’: Abalone seasons opens with new regulations

April 1 brought a new season to harvest abalone in California. This comes as no April fools joke; the season is serious for sport fishing. There is no commercial harvest allowed for any abalone in California.

Datebook

- 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.

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Vegetation control project to impact Highway 17 north of Scotts Valley...

Caltrans crews will conduct a vegetation control project north of Scotts Valley next week, which will result in the daytime closure of one lane...