Treat bronchitis the right way
Acute bronchitis, an infection causing inflammations of the lung’s airways, is one of the most common of human ailments.
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
Three candidates vie for two Scotts Valley council seats
Mike Zeller, the director of programming and project delivery for the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, is the relative newcomer on the Scotts Valley...












