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November 7, 2025

Mountain Gardener: Mind your weather this autumn

Mother Nature sure knows how to throw a curveball. She can dish out balmy, 75-degree weather one day, then switch it up to 107 in a heartbeat. Cold and windy steps to the mound next, followed by “What’s next?” from the pitch hitter.

Healthy Living: Eat more, drink more, weigh less

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

Let’s go fishin’: Large swells roll inshore fishing

The first large northwest swell rolled through Monterey Bay with a vengeance. The buoys were reading 14 feet, and when the swells hit the beaches and local reefs, things got rolled up.

It’s the Law: The laws, they are a-changing

One of the more dastardly problems with laws is that they keep changing.

Talk about money: Looking back on a year in money

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.

The Mountain Gardener: A harvest of autumn inspiration

There's nothing like a couple of garden tours to remind you that all things are possible with a bit of imagination.

New Faces: Oct. 8

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.

Comedy Corner: Fried chicken and homelessness

It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday afternoon and I was driving down Mount Hermon Road when I noticed a homeless couple with a baby in a stroller standing in front of that whatchamacallit bank. (You know, Wacha-Wells-Co-Fargo-America-Whatever. It’s merged so many times, I have no clue what it’s called anymore.)

Sustainable Living: Learn to live in a better way

“In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation.” — Great Law of the Iroquois

Your Health: Palpitations are mostly harmless but worth checking out

Patients who go to a doctor complaining of heart palpitations usually worry that they have some serious problem with their heart. They often describe a feeling that their hearts are “flip-flopping,” missing a beat, beating faster or beating irregularly.

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News Briefs | Published Nov. 7, 2025

Holiday Art & Craft Fair returns this Saturday Spring Lakes Park’s third annual Holiday Art & Craft Fair is set for Saturday, Nov. 8, from...