During the long warm summer days, I love the easy no-dish cooking method of throwing everything out on the grill for dinner. But now that the days are getting shorter and it’s not so warm out, I’ve turned to my oven instead.

Zola Rose Britton was born at 12:25 a.m., Nov. 8, 2011, to Michelle Leigh Gebbia and Brian Christopher Britton of Felton. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at Dominican Hospital.

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November is National Diabetes Month. Most of us know someone with diabetes, but we may not understand just what this disease is.

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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.

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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.

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.