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December 24, 2025

Spotlight: Radio enthusiast to speak

Andrew Miller, a collector of World War II-era radios, will be the guest speaker at the San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3.

Your Health: Tips for summer safety

Over the years of my emergency and urgent-care career, I’ve dealt with many different injuries and illnesses commonly seen during the summer months. Here are some of my thoughts on making this a very safe summer for everyone.

Your Health: How to recognize blood clots

As summer vacation rapidly approaches, many of us are planning to travel on commercial aircraft. It has long been known that, with air travel, there is a risk of forming blood clots in the legs, a condition called deep vein thrombosis. Fortunately, this is not very common during travel, but there are other situations that place a patient at risk for DVT that I will also discuss.

Comedy Corner: Michael’s pet peeves

When someone asks me how my life is going, I say, “I can’t complain.”

Club Roundup

SLV Rotary Club

The Mountain Gardener: Keep deer away this spring

There's something about babies. You know that feeling, when you see a new infant and can't help but gush, "How cute and tiny!" It's universal to be drawn to new life. That applies to other babies in the animal kingdom, too. Last Tuesday morning, I was delighted when I saw two tiny fawns in my driveway with their mother.

Nature Friendly: Walking where Indians walked

When I drive to the top of Bear Creek Road, looking down to Loch Lomond Reservoir and across the bay to the Ventana Wilderness, I imagine what our land would have looked like before the European invasion. What grew here? Ate here? Roamed here? What mark would American Indians have made?

New Faces

Noah Calvin Soule was born at 8:31 a.m. April 26, 2011, to Shannon Noelle Nerli and Jeffrey Calvin Soule of Ben Lomond. He was delivered at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz, weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces.

Datebook

Saturday, May 28

Pellett, Lilley to wed

A Nov. 11, 2011, wedding in Santa Cruz is being planned for Jason William Pellett and Chelsie Lynne Lilley, both of Scotts Valley.

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San Lorenzo Valley Water District extends deadline for committee applications

San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) is inviting local residents to join its standing committees, with the deadline for applications now extended to Jan....