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December 21, 2025

Let’s go fishin’: Spring time for fish

We have finally received some rain now that it is spring. It may be late in the season, but fish are happy to have water.

Valley Neighbors: Tennis pro shares love of the game

Since her childhood, Judy Newman, the tennis director at La Madrona Swim & Racquet Club and coach of the Scotts Valley High girls team, dreamed of playing tennis at the highest level. Today, she lives that dream.

Your Health: Childhood nutrition

March is National Nutrition Month. I would like to discuss the important topic of childhood nutrition. Whether you have a newborn or a teenager, what he or she eats is important to both physical and mental development.

Mountain Gardener: Learning the bonsai way

I walked through an Asian-inspired bamboo gate and entered another world: the world of bonsai. Some trees were blooming, others just leafing out, and some had trunks thick and gnarled, as if they'd been alive 200 years — and they had.

Plain talk about food: Irish corned beef

I begin thinking about my Irish papa, Patrick James, about this time each year. 

New Faces

- McKenzie Rose Hornewas born to Amanda Catherine Fox and Robert Scott Horne of Felton at 3:05 p.m. Feb. 18, 2012. She was delivered at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces.

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: Parcel tax isn’t much to pay

If your children attend Scotts Valley public schools, voting for the district’s parcel tax this June is an easy decision.

The Mountain Gardener: Magnolia are an early sign of spring

I went to see a million daffodils, but I was too early.

New Faces

-Elayna Michelle Marchewka was born at 12:42 p.m. Jan. 23, 2012, to Rayanna Betty (Raynal) and Dominic Marchewka of Felton. She weighed 9 pounds at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

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Felton’s new Ace Hardware to bring jobs and support for residents

When the Rite Aid in Felton went dark in August of this year, it left more than an empty building behind. For many residents,...