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Spring is a time for new life, growth and transition for many plants and animals. This includes the fish that live around us.

Adhara Kalea Culligan was born at 8:09 p.m. April 1, 2013, to Stephanie Ann (Harroun) and Christopher Michael Culligan of Felton. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Dr. Glenn Wong of Scotts Valley has made a career out of poking people with needles to diagnose blood disorders. He also does everything possible to make his patients feel comfortable and help them get back on track.

We all have a gopher, mole or a vole story to share.

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Women’s health just took a leap forward with the passage of California Senate Bill 1538, authored by former state Senator Joe Simitian, which requires that women with dense breast tissue as determined by a mammogram be informed that they have the condition.

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Delaney Grace Schaefer-Whittall, daughter of Stephanie Schaefer and Justen Whittall of Scotts Valley, was born at 9:27 a.m. March 17, 2013, at Sutter Maternity Center of Santa Cruz. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.

The self-described “Hillbilly Gardener” lives in the banana belt above Scotts Valley Civic Center.

My friend Richard Coffey likes being able to drive his electric car in the carpool lane, even when he’s alone. He likes not spewing carbon into the air when he’s idling at a stoplight. But what he likes best about driving his 2012 Chevy Volt is that it saves him money.