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Mountain Affair returns for 41st year, honors longtime volunteer

October 23, 2026

Reyneri family donates $6M to fund Big Basin park center

Applications open for 2027-28 Santa Cruz County poet laureate

Dominican Hospital provides free diapers for newborns

Fundraiser for Scotts Valley family of man killed in crash raises thousands

New Faces

September 18, 2009

Lily Joy Kitch was born at 3:48 p.m. Aug. 27, 2009, to Maureen May and Jeffery Kitch of Scotts Valley. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at Santa Cruz Dominican Hospital.

Mountain Gardener: Trip down memory lane reveals many landscape secrets

September 18, 2009

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on historical gardening.

Your health: Know risks for ovarian cancer

September 18, 2009

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The subject of ovarian cancer was brought home to me this year when my 37-year-old niece was diagnosed with it.

Off hours: All is Fair

September 18, 2009

If you weren’t already hip to it, this is indeed late notice. But whatever your plan for the weekend is, if it doesn’t include a trip to the Santa Cruz County Fair — change it!

Talk about money: New life expectancy figures can be misleading

September 18, 2009

You may have noticed the new data recently released from the National Center for Health Statistics that shows U.S. life expectancy is at an all-time high — nearly 78 years.

Nature friendly: Welcoming the autumnal equinox

September 18, 2009

The sun does not rise as high over my redwoods. Deciduous trees — the cottonwoods, the sycamores — are changing into their fall wardrobe of gold and glitter along the San Lorenzo River. The big-leaf maple is dressing for its show-stopping finale. Even the demonic poison oak is turning crimson.

September 11, 2009

If you have seen strange lights coming from the Quail Hollow sandhills at night and wondered if those were UFOs or American Indian camps, it was probably just Dr. Jodi McGraw. Jodi is the diva of the Forbidden Sandhills — “forbidden” because only scientists are allowed in this fragile ecosystem.

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Community

Mountain Affair returns for 41st year, honors longtime volunteer

Reyneri family donates $6M to fund Big Basin park center

Applications open for 2027-28 Santa Cruz County poet laureate

Dominican Hospital provides free diapers for newborns

Fundraiser for Scotts Valley family of man killed in crash raises thousands

New Faces

Mountain Gardener: Trip down memory lane reveals many landscape secrets

Your health: Know risks for ovarian cancer

Off hours: All is Fair

Talk about money: New life expectancy figures can be misleading

Nature friendly: Welcoming the autumnal equinox

Nature Friendly: Journey to the Forbidden Sandhills

Mountain Gardener: A peek into local gardening’s past

Wine lover: A great time to start making wine

Let’s go fishin’: Loch Lomond extends season

SOCIAL MEDIA

Three candidates vie for two Scotts Valley council seats

Felton Fire candidates outline priorities for new funding

Scotts Valley police urge parents to discuss teen driver safety

Scotts Valley police receive $25K traffic safety grant

Community Bridges names new communications director