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November 20, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: To build a better hedge, mix it up

I hear it all too often: “My new neighbor just cut down all the trees and shrubs between our properties, and now they can see right into our house. What can I plant?”

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.

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.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

Datebook: Happenings in SLV and SV

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 29 to 31

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.

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?

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.

Nature Friendly: Visitors at the edge of wildness

In between the raindrops, I found a dry space to spend time in during a visit to Fall Creek in Henry Cowell State Park.

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News Briefs | Published Nov. 14, 2025

County hosts forums to shape future behavioral health services Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Services is hosting community forums to help shape the County’s First...