Let’s go fishing: Fall fishing promises excitement for patient anglers
The days are getting shorter and shadows draw longer. The sun is lower in the sky, and there is a chill in the air. As fall conditions return, ocean fishing is the main interest, while trout and salmon are returning to their freshwater home rivers.
Nature Friendly: The man and the river
The San Lorenzo River originates in the seeps and streams that form in the steep canyons and redwood forests above Boulder Creek. These ephemeral water sources run like tiny capillaries until their life force creates the river, the lungs of the watershed.
Off Hours: Studio Imperfect
For most of my life, I’ve been passionate about music. Not my own — I barely qualify as a wannabe musician. But I love other people’s music, recorded tunes.
Mountain Gardener: Breathe deeper with the help of house plants
As summer comes to a close, all of us are spending more time indoors. That means it’s time to spruce up our homes with houseplants.
Nature Friendly: An ecosystem exploration
As I drove the 2,000-mile round trip to go rafting in Utah, I remembered what Tim Hyland had told me before I left.
Ins, outs of sprinkler system installation
Should you install your own sprinkler system? Well, would you install your own plumbing or fix your own car? Maybe you would and maybe you could, but sprinkler systems are often underestimated.
New Faces: Sept. 17
Lola Jean Booth was born at 7:36 p.m. Aug. 29, 2010, to Katherine RoseAnn (Eldridge) and Jordan Gregory Booth of Boulder Creek. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.
The Wine Lover: Wine moth causes trouble for Santa Cruz Wineries
The weather has been oddly cold this summer, and it has caused local grape growers to wait longer than usual to harvest their grapes. Santa Cruz County grapes will most likely be harvested about three weeks behind schedule. If the weather stays good, that won’t be a problem. But there is one guaranteed problem: the European wine moth.
Felton Fire District to review parcel tax proposal at meeting Thursday
Felton Fire Protection District (FFPD) Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. to discuss a proposed...