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November 27, 2025

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.

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.

The Wine Lover: Each bottle is unique

There are three main factors that go into each bottle of wine. These three “ingredients” shape what the wine is and what it will become.

Let’s go fishing: Salmon anyone?

Will there be a salmon season in Monterey Bay for 2010?

Club Roundup

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

Off Hours: March madness is among us

Strange the way things sneak up on the unsuspecting. I mean, I’m just now developing a note of sincerity in my never-ending winter snivel — and, in the blink of an eye, spring is here.

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Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County

$1M funding boosts new clubhouse in Scotts Valley

Construction of a new 7,500-square-foot clubhouse in Scotts Valley for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County has secured $1 million in...