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Catching white sea bass in Monterey Bay has been a great bet lately and may continue through the next full moon. Meanwhile, the red tide has established itself along the southern beaches of Santa Cruz, and water watchers wonder why it occurs.

Elise Claire Garrahan was born to Paige Budrow (Hutchins) and Patrick Allen Garrahan of Boulder Creek at 9:23 a.m. Oct. 5, 2010, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces.

OK, I’ll admit it. Much as I love being outdoors, and nice as the weather has been, I’ve already started the transition to one important part of my winter routine: hanging out around the TV on Sunday and Monday nights. It’s football. I’d intended to resist until the weather changed, but then the 49ers were on the Monday night broadcast a few weeks back, and that was it.

In the past couple of years, it seems as if the political pundits and media have done a good job of alerting us to the ballooning federal budget deficits, with little focus on our collective retirement deficit — the shortfall of our present savings to meet our future retirement income requirements.

It’s time we take a positive attitude toward eating: Think in terms of more rather than less.

Acute bronchitis, an infection causing inflammations of the lung’s airways, is one of the most common of human ailments.

Allow me to shed some light on wine judging and competition.

Parker Saige Clifton was born to Faith Estell Clifton of Boulder Creek at 9:01 a.m. Sept. 1, 2010, at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. She weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces.

This is the one-year anniversary of my Talk About Money column in the Press-Banner, and I'd like to celebrate this august occasion by recapping my previous 12 columns.