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December 20, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: Thanks extends beyond the garden

Electric orange trees decorate our gardens and forest paths this time of year. During the summer, when trees are quietly green, we almost forget they are among us, but then, seemingly overnight, they turn on the lights and glow with flamboyant fall colors.

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.

Teen Time: The true you

As we go through our teenage years, we are trying to find ourselves. Right now is definitely the time when things will become a crazy ride.

Club Roundup

Scotts Valley Host Lions

New Faces

Ellery Eve Vannerus was born at 11:41 a.m. Nov. 2, 2011, to Sabra Nicole (Schlotthauer) and Paul Ernest Vannerus of Scotts Valley. She weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces when she was delivered at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Wine lover: The art of choosing wine at the grocery store

As the popularity of wine has increased over the past decade, grocery stores both large and small have responded by providing more extensive wine sections. The wine section is no longer twenty choices on one rack; most grocery stores now have an entire aisle of the store dedicated to wine, while even Safeway has a higher-end wine section.

Let’s go fishin’: Crab season starts with a bang

Crab boilers are at full steam with a robust season that started Nov. 5. The season is expected to be a good one, and Monterey Bay crabbers are already loading the decks with tasty crustaceans.

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.

New Faces

Lana Jane Cellitti was born to Maren Lilly and William MacMillan Cellitti of Boulder Creek at 7:03 p.m. Sept. 18, 2011, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces.

Sustainable Living: Catching rain for the summer drought

This was an unusual summer in San Lorenzo Valley, with respect to weather, especially if you consider how few tomatoes ripened in people’s backyards. Usually it’s hot and dry — drought conditions, to be exact.

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

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