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April 26, 2026

The Mountain Gardener: Fruit trees deliver delicious plunder

Imagine biting into the first apricot of the season — juicy, sweet flesh the color of an orange sunset.

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.

New Faces

Alexander Rhodes Porfido was born to Kristin Jean and Joseph Peter Porfido of Ben Lomond at 5:34 p.m. Jan. 9, 2013. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces when he was delivered at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz.

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.

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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.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published April 24, 2026

Civil Grand Jury applications due soon Santa Cruz County Superior Court is accepting applications for its Civil Grand Jury, a 19-member volunteer panel that reviews...