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September 15, 2025

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.

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.

Talk about money: Homeowners’ insurance no carton of milk

Summertime, and the living is easy in Santa Cruz County. But as our green hills turn yellow, homeowners are reminded that we’ve had some destructive fire seasons in recent years.

Let’s go fishin’: Are salmon stocks as strong as predicted?

Salmon counts fueled some high expectations and liberal seasons were set for commercial and sport fishing, and so far, plenty of fish are hitting the docks. During all this excitement, we may ask, are there as many salmon as expected?

Plain Talk About Food: Plain Talk About Pork Chops

James Beard wrote, “I don’t like gourmet cooking or this cooking or that cooking. I like good cooking.”

The Mountain Gardener: Regular walks can find garden problems early

I go out into my garden and look around daily.

New Faces

- Bridger Albert Marshall Mitchell, son of Page Williams and Mason Mitchell of Boulder Creek, was born at 3:47 p.m. Aug. 3, 2012, at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces.

The Mountain Gardener: A trip through a whimsical garden

To quote Luther Burbank, "Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." After visiting the garden of Bev Kaplan in Boulder Creek, I couldn't agree more.

New Faces

- Drew Ryan Devonshire, son of Sarah Blythe (Thomson) and Ryan Ernest Devonshire of Ben Lomond, was born at 4:20 a.m. July 9, 2012, at Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz. He weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces.

It’s the law: The health care decision

The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act will likely go down as the most important decision of the past several decades.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...