Plain talk about food: Tackling a Dungeness crab
Having spent my tender years being shuffled from one aunt’s house to another, I was often found clamming with them on the ocean shore in Westport, Wash., or shaking crab in our family’s cannery on its wharf.
Your Health: Myeloma journey
As many of you know, I was diagnosed this past October with a cancer called multiple myeloma. This is a cancer of the plasma cells which are found in the blood and produce antibodies for our immune system. These malignant cells multiply rapidly and can cause damage throughout the body, especially affecting bones and kidneys and ultimately lead to death within two years if left untreated.
Anniversary: Boulder Creek couple celebrates 70 years
Retired veterinarian Howard Carroll and his wife, Ruth, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Aug. 22 with a celebration at Felton Presbyterian Church.
The Mountain Gardener: Spring is coming — be prepared
It seems to me that I'm still waiting for winter to start. I look hopefully each week at the weather forecast, hoping to see a storm developing.
Mountain Gardener: Rainy season opens door for erosion-control plants
You know fall is just around the corner when you hear thunder.
Free financial planning clinic
A free financial planning clinic sponsored by the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce will take place in Scotts Valley this month.
Inaugural Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate celebration set for April 10
Santa Cruz Public Libraries and the Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate (SCCPL), in partnership with Urban Word, are celebrating the inaugural cohort of five finalists for Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate (2024-25).
This free celebration will take place at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2...
San Lorenzo Valley High School revs up for ‘Grease’
If you’re fond of lightning-fast cars, summer nights, beauty school dropouts and hopeless devotion, then “Grease” is the word (is the word that you heard). Those who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s fondly recall seeing the film in theaters and watching John...
The Mountain Gardener: Garden lessons from the snowy northwest corner of the United States
SEATTLE — It was a snowy afternoon in the Seattle area when I attempted to ferry across the Puget Sound to Whidbey Island. Whiteout conditions got the best of us, so we chickened out and decided instead to go to a local arboretum and the garden of one of my sister's friends.
Plain Talk About Food: Plain talk about fried chicken
Nothing pleases me more than a Sunday's drive up Alba Road in Ben Lomond on a warm sunny day.
News Briefs | Published July 11, 2025
‘Veterans’ Voices with VTC’ debuts on Santa Cruz Voice
The Veterans Transition Center (VTC) and Santa Cruz Voice have partnered to launch “Veterans’ Voices with...