64.6 F
Scotts Valley
September 18, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: Just in time for Easter

Every year, I wait patiently for my Easter lilies to come up in the garden. The shoots are now about 6 inches tall, but they are a long way from blooming, and I’m looking forward to those huge, fragrant, trumpet-shaped white flowers.

Your Health: Pros, cons of health reform

I have been asked by numerous people about my view of the recently passed health care reform law.

New Faces

• William Carter Scarborough was born at 4:35 p.m. March 10, 2010, to Rose Leanne (Triant) and Michael Morgan Scarborough of Ben Lomond. He weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Let’s go exploring at Lick Observatory

Many years ago, USA Today asked its readers to define themselves in one word. Of course, this is an impossible task, but I finally decided that if I could use only one descriptor, it would have to be “explorer.”

Easter service guide

A week from Sunday, Christians across the world will celebrate Easter, the Christian holiday that celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley, services and Easter celebrations are plentiful at local churches.

Egg hunts in the valleys

Eggstravaganza in Boulder Creek

Places to go, people to see

Friday, March 26

The Mountain Gardener: Early spring is a busy time in garden

In like a lion, out like a lamb: This phrase describing March refers to the position in the sky of the constellation Leo, the lion, at the beginning of the month and Aries, the ram (or lamb), at the end.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

SOCIAL MEDIA

2,479FansLike
602FollowersFollow
762FollowersFollow
News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025

Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...