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March 6, 2026

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.

The Mountain Gardener: Create a green wall in your garden

Winter is a great time to daydream about future gardens — the garden that could be or the garden of your dreams.

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.

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.

It’s the law: Criminal and civil trespass

In my most recent column, I wrote about wandering through an unfinished shopping center with my friends when a security guard started roaring epithets at us and gave chase (Page 12, Nov. 30). Under great fear, we kids narrowly escaped. The question is whether we were trespassing. 

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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...