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In 2002, I was sitting at a table in the toddler room of the Children’s Center of San Lorenzo Valley at Highlands Park with a sweet and inquisitive toddler named Miranda Robinson. She had two plastic cups in front of her. While my own 2-year old was outside eating sand and pretending that plastic dinosaurs could talk, Miranda turned to me and said, “That cup is blue.” I nodded in agreement. “That cup is green,” she said. Again, I nodded. Then she said, “Those cups are similar.” And I knew from that very moment that Miranda wasn’t just another toddler. Even in her tiny OshKosh B'Gosh overalls, with blond curly hair kissing her miniature shoulders, she was bound for greatness.

Scotts Valley Little League AAA Pirates etched their names into District 39 history on June 15, edging out the Santa Cruz Little League AAA Angels 9-8 in a heart-pounding championship showdown to become the 2025 Minor League Tournament of Champions (TOC) winners. This marks the...

With the onset of winter, the rains have come, and the San Lorenzo River recently crested at 5,500 cubic feet per second. The shortest day of winter is behind us, and steelhead should be making their way up the river now.

I have a shady garden, so each flower on a shrub, tree, perennial or annual is a precious commodity.