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Scotts Valley K-9 team surprised with Hometown Hero honor

December 23, 2025

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley donates 2025 Music at Skypark proceeds to local schools

Secret Santa program grows to help 42 families in Scotts Valley this year

Like clockwork, Santa Claus arrives via firetruck and Holiday Tree is lit in Scotts Valley

Filmmaker turns personal trauma into art with new comedy-drama, ‘Dissociated Me’

Untarnished Etiquette: Recalling a date with the queen

May 24, 2012

The invitations are out. The catalogs are filled with souvenir items emblazoned “Diamond Jubilee, London 2012.” From June 2 to 5, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth officially celebrates 60 years of her reign, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

New Faces

May 24, 2012

Devin Michael Cuartilon was born to Lindsey Patterson and Ben Cuartilon of Scotts Valley at 8:11 p.m. April 21, 2012, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.

The Mountain Gardener: Ask the expert

May 24, 2012

With each new season, we start fresh with high expectations for a bountiful harvest of vegetables and mouth-watering fruit, fragrant flowers to pick for bouquets and healthy plants to attract beneficial insects to the garden. As the months pass, it seems one problem after another crops up.

Datebook

May 17, 2012

- 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.

Let’s go fishin’: Hot salmon bite

May 17, 2012

Rock cod season is under way, halibut are biting — but most anglers couldn’t care less, as salmon fishing sizzles.

Valley Neighbors: Frank Lodato

May 17, 2012

Lodato Park is probably one of the best-kept secrets in the area. This hiking-only park has a 1.2-mile handmade trail that wanders through the redwoods and is carved out of the hillside in some places.

The Mountain Gardener: Hidden Gardens of Bonny Doon – a self guided tour.

May 17, 2012

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 19 and 20

Talk about money: Escrow explained

May 10, 2012

“Escrow” is one of those words you hear tossed around. People “open escrow” and “close escrow,” and — as was the case recently with Bethany University — some deals “fall out of escrow.”

Your Health: Depression doesn’t need to be a death sentence

May 10, 2012

Depression is a true medical illness, just like having diabetes or high blood pressure. It’s not a weakness, having the blues or something one can just snap out of. Fortunately, like most illnesses, it is treatable through medication and psychotherapy.

The Mountain Gardener: Touring a Ben Lomond garden

May 10, 2012

One of the perks of writing this gardening column for the Press-Banner is being invited to visit beautiful gardens. I recently had the honor of touring the garden of fellow columnist Colly Gruczelak, writer of “Plain Talk About Food,” at her home in Ben Lomond.

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Scotts Valley K-9 team surprised with Hometown Hero honor

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley donates 2025 Music at Skypark proceeds to local schools

Secret Santa program grows to help 42 families in Scotts Valley this year

Like clockwork, Santa Claus arrives via firetruck and Holiday Tree is lit in Scotts Valley

Filmmaker turns personal trauma into art with new comedy-drama, ‘Dissociated Me’

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