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September 13, 2026

Preparing for Cinco de Mayo

My love of Mexican food began years ago while living in Santa Barbara and being a close friend of a private pilot who flew for Doctors without Borders.  My hubby would fly as copilot, and I, being a ’typical back seat driver’ was allocated to the back seat along with one doctor and his assistant. 

Valley Doctor: Sepsis

SEPSIS

Local scout troop marks historic event

Local scouts in Troop 614 marked an historic event in the pre-dawn hours of Feb 1 as a dozen young women were allowed to join the Boy Scouts of America for the first time and participated in a flag raising ceremony.

Growing an electric plant

In December 1895, when weather permitted, promoter Fred Swanton and electrician Ed Lilly escorted a team of experts — sawmill men, flume builders, hydraulic engineers, and a surveyor — to the intended site of the water-powered electric plant on Big Creek.

Baking Bread and Secrets Behind the Locked Door

Our old Boarding House in Aberdeen Washington had many bedrooms, two on its bottom floor and six located up a narrow stairway leading to a large landing.

California tax payers still paying more

Every winter, we sit up nights adding up receipts and organizing slips of paper to prepare to file our taxes, an annual ordeal the IRS once estimated took the average taxpayer 20 hours.

Gluten free diet only answer to celiac disease

There is much talk these days about gluten free food and gluten free diets. I’d like to explain what this is all about.

Why injustice makes us so upset

How often does something we see on TV, or read on the internet make us mad? Somebody says something ridiculous and it sets us off. Some sense of righteous indignation or moral outrage is provoked, and we tear off into a rant on what that person had the gall to say or do in public. All of us are preachers at some level. But why is it we get so upset?

Let’s make marmalade — lemon vodka Marmalade

Last week I was reading Next Door Neighborhood online and a ad caught my eye…’Free Lemons’, which reminded me this is the lemon season around our area and I just happen to be ready to make a new batch of lemon vodka marmalade, and, at the same time, why not make Jack Daniels Whiskey orange marmalade.

By a waterfall

Fred Swanton embraced the role of promoter but left the technical side of the electrical business to his long-time associate, Ed Lilly. The entrepreneur was determined to realize his goal of damming the San Lorenzo for power. But, for once, the engineer believed that Swanton’s plan was not ambitious enough.

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News Briefs | Published Sept. 11, 2026

Museum Hero nominations being sought San Lorenzo Valley Historical Society, which owns and operates the San Lorenzo Valley Museum, is seeking nominations for its Museum...