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A garden is the perfect example of the circle of life. A garden is nature's way of taking and giving back life to the earth. A garden represents the infinite nature of energy.

Two retired San Jose Police Department officers demonstrated their strength and competitive spirit at the USPC Powerlifting Federation’s national event on July 19. Former SJPD Assistant Chief Walter Adkins, now 81, and retired Sgt. Phil Crawford, 80, both made remarkable showings in the Masters 80-plus...

Being that it’s nearly spring, I decided to check on the progress of this year’s wildflowers. I figured the back of a motorcycle was a good way to get up close and personal with the backroads of our rolling hills.

Just one person showed up to the meeting the Scotts Valley Unified School District held to discuss whether or not to put a tax hike on the ballot to pay for teacher salaries and other education expenses—and she was part of the committee that...

Scotts Valley High School’s drama club is at it again, as they prepare to present their one-act winter play, “Our Place,” at the new Scotts Valley Performing Arts and Cultural Center (SVPACC), located next door to the library, on Saturday, Feb. 25. Like all winter...

It was Easter oh so many years ago when my son Kim was 8 years old that he discovered yet another one of life’s reality lessons, ‘there is no cure for the facts of life.’