The Wine Lover: Many factors influence when to pick wine grapes
When to pick your grapes is an extremely important question and with harvest season right around the corner it’s something that wine makers will soon be asking. It’s a decision they must make every harvest because it will in part determine what kind of wine they are trying to craft. They must take into consideration Brix, weather, tannins, ripeness and much more.
Sport Shorts for Scotts Valley High School and San Lorenzo Valley High School
When the 2015-16 academic year started, so did the sport competitions for our local High School teams. For Football, Girl’s Volleyball, Water Polo and Girl’s Golf, here is a ‘snapshot’ description of what has happened so far.
SLV Quail Creek 4-H and ScottsValley 4-H Club at the County Fair
The big, and we mean really BIG, winner at the Santa Cruz County Fair was a 1300 lb. steer which won “Grand Champion Market Steer (beef cattle)” shown by Quail Creek 4-H member Steven Katawicz. (See photo on page 1.)
Community spirit soars at inaugural Ben Lomond Village Alliance meeting
Last month the fledgling Ben Lomond Village Alliance (BLVA) was introduced to the community and businesses of Ben Lomond.
The April 20 event was held at the historic Park Hall, a community building owned by all residents of Ben Lomond residing within 1-1/2 miles.
The steering...
The Mountain Gardener: The Mountain Gardener’s favorite plant combinations
I love my smart phone. I can’t imagine a day without it. A friend of mine told me that I would discover uses that I could only have imagined when I first got it. One of the simple things I use it for is taking pictures.
Scotts Valley High theater department blooms with ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ production
At Scotts Valley High School, the stage is blooming in sweet and sinister ways as the theater department presents its production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”
Behind the campy comedy and larger-than-life characters is a team of über-dedicated students who’ve spent their spring break preparing...
Datebook (Feb. 27, 2015)
- Submit Datebook items to pbeditor@pressbanner.com or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.
Scotts Valley Fourth of July Parade
The City of Scotts Valley annual 4th of July parade will once again be held on Scotts Valley Drive from 3 p.m. to 4:30pm. The route will be the same as last year’s (shown on the attached map). The parade route starts at the intersection of Scotts Valley Drive and Carbonero Way, heads north towards El Pueblo Road and loops back to Carbonero Way where it ends.
Incumbent Greg Wimp and Monterey County transportation agency official Michael Zeller...
With 3,524 votes counted so far in the Scotts Valley City Council contest, the incumbent, Greg Wimp—the political body's newest member, was leading the...



















