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July 9, 2025

Spotlight: Scotts Valley’s own Project Runway

Two years ago, a fashion club was started at Scotts Valley High School. On Feb. 6, the club will host its student-run fashion show.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

New Faces

Jacob Dale Donovan was born to Talli Rae (Parsons) and Joseph Dale Donovan of Felton at 12:56 p.m. Jan. 6, 2010. He weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Datebook: Happenings in SLV and SV

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 29 to 31

Your Health: Vitamin D needed for bones, brain

From time to time, I’ll write about various vitamins and how they affect our health. But what exactly is a vitamin?

The Mountain Gardener: Stirrings of spring mean tidying up garden

I’m beginning to see the stirrings of life on some plants, and although I’ve enjoyed some down time after the holidays, there are several tasks it’s time to do.

Talk about Money: Not even death, taxes are certain in extraordinary times

In 1789, when Benjamin Franklin said “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” even a mind as great as his couldn’t have predicted the surreal state of our tax system at the beginning of 2010. By not properly prioritizing the legislative agenda, our Congress has failed to preempt the one-year repeal of the estate “death” tax and the inevitable mess that will ensue.

The Mountain Gardener: Make your habitat a wildlife habitat, too

One of my resolutions this year is to get my garden certified as a wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.

New Faces

• Felicity Portia Rosemary Boddy Strong was born at 12:52 p.m. Nov. 30, 2009, to Michele Avril (Boddy) and Paul David Strong of Scotts Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

It’s the Law: Look a gift card in the mouth

How many of you gave or received a gift card this past holiday season?

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published July 4, 2025

Tree removal leads to temporary closure on Big Basin Highway Caltrans will temporarily close a section of southbound Highway 236 (Big Basin Highway) left on...