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September 9, 2026

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- Submit Datebook items to pbeditor@pressbanner.com, 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.

Datebook

- Submit Datebook items to pbeditor@pressbanner.com, 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.

The Mountain Gardener: Nursery’s trials find best-performing, showiest specimens

During my recent visit to the Watsonville Terra Sole Nursery, owners John and Sherry Hall shared with me their experiences growing and experimenting with plants in their own landscape and nursery. From these personal trials, they decide what to propagate and sell in the small, independent nursery they operate on their property.

Your Health: Sleep apnea

Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which one’s breathing pauses while one is asleep. These pauses last from seconds to minutes and can occur five to 30 times per hour.

Healthy Living: Getting motivated to exercise

Exercise has become a scary notion for many people, often associated with torturous hours on the treadmill or tripping over one’s own feet in a class where everyone else seems to know the moves. It is no wonder so many people find it difficult to get motivated to exercise.

The Mountain Gardener: How hardier plants are made

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start your own little nursery on your property? What would you grow? How would you decide? 

Talk About Money: Don’t get bogged down by investment fees

I was sitting in a banquet room at a downtown Los Angeles hotel in the 1980s, next to my late colleague Dick Bowman. We were both stockbrokers in an L.A. office of a major Wall Street firm.

Datebook

- Submit Datebook items to pbeditor@pressbanner.com, 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.

Sustainable living: Eating local has never been easier

If you haven’t heard about the benefits of eating locally grown food, if only from a bumper sticker, then you must be new to Santa Cruz County.

Let’s go fishin’: Monterey Bay looks good for salmon season

All involved have high hopes for the 2012 salmon season.

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