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October 18, 2025

Talk About Money: Public pension leave cities in a pinch

Remember 1999? Silicon Valley ruled the global economy, the Nasdaq was going up about 30 percent a year and tech companies with no earnings saw their stock prices skyrocket, then split, then skyrocket again. People thought it would never end.

Let’s Go Fishin’: Perch tournament a swimming success

The sixth annual Sand Crab Classic perch tournament had a few changes this year and still proved to be a positive event for all.

New Faces: Welcome the newest members of our mountain communities

• Zachary Michael Livingston was born at 9:28 a.m. March 25, 2010, to Christine Nicole Shults and Joseph David Livingston of Felton. He weighed 8 pounds when he arrived at Dominican Hospital.

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.”

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.

Egg hunts in the valleys

Eggstravaganza in Boulder Creek

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.

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Santa Cruz County’s 2024 Crop Report shows jump in local crop...

Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has released the 2024 Crop Report, announcing that the estimated gross production value of local agricultural commodities reached...