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December 23, 2025

Let’s go fishin’: A trip down the Eel River

Weather in December and early January was wet and cold. But rains came to a halt in mid-January with warm days and cold evenings, and the San Lorenzo River flow has decreased below 100 cubic feet per second. The weather pattern is perfect for Northern California rivers that are normally too high and too brown to fish.

Talk about money: College savings picture a little clearer

The choices about how to save for college just got clearer.

Your Health: Boomers at risk for Hepatitis C

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that all adults born between 1945 and 1965 — the “baby boomer” generation — be tested for hepatitis C, which is the most common blood-borne disease in the U.S.

The Mountain Gardener: Easy ways to save rainwater, slow runoff

With so much rain this winter, it's easy to forget just how precious water is. But globally, water is the new oil.

Club Roundup

San Lorenzo Valley Rotary Club

Nature Friendly: Noah’s Ark leaves Ben Lomond

Think you’ve had a challenging moving-day experience? For J.P. Novic and her husband, Josh, moving to Grass Valley meant hammering out logistics to transport seven dogs, eight cats, 11 hens, three goats and two pigs.

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.

Your Health: Winter respiratory infection advice

The winter respiratory, cold and flu season is upon us. I have seen quite a spike in visits to urgent care by people suffering from coughs, nasal and sinus congestion, sore throats and generalized achiness. 

New Faces

- Emma Michelle Robles was born to Lindsey Danielle (Biddle) and Daniel Jason Robles of Boulder Creek at 3:57 p.m. Dec. 23, 2012, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces.

Valley Neighbors: From the South to the skies

Lynda Powell, of Ben Lomond, grew up in the Deep South in the 1950s and ’60s and witnessed the many horrors of segregation. Her interest in racial equality began at a young age when she saw how black people in the county were treated as second-class citizens.

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Santa Cruz County urges residents to take precautions ahead of storm

Santa Cruz County is preparing for a significant storm system expected to bring several inches of rain over the next week, with the potential...