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October 5, 2025

Let’s Go Fishin’: Albacore evade anglers

I try to avoid the overused term “El Nino.”

The Mountain Gardener: Living fences make good neighbors

To quote Robert Frost from his 1914 poem “Mending Walls”: “Good fences make good neighbors.”

Plain Talk About Food: Spatchcocking a Chicken

Mention to anyone that you are serving Spatchcocked Chicken for dinner and the ladies will blush, the men will frown and the children will giggle.

Felton martial artist receives Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt

Alex Ross, owner of Santa Cruz Mountain Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on Friday, Aug. 8 at his Felton academy.

New Faces

Caius Jon Eros Golling, a 4-pound 6-ounce boy, was born to Desiree Jean Ventura and Jonathan Samuel Golling of Boulder Creek at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. He was born at 8:45 a.m. on July 29, 2014.

The Mountain Gardener: Notes from the Garden

They’re called the Dog Days of Summer.

Your Health: Causes, symptoms and care for peripheral neuropathy

As part of my cancer treatment journey, I have developed a pretty severe case of peripheral neuropathy of my feet. I was warned that the chemotherapy could cause neuropathy, but I didn't know it would be quite this uncomfortable.

The Mountain Gardener: Stories from a Pacific Northwest Garden – Part II

Last Christmas, I gave my sister a Beni Kawa Japanese maple. This tree sports even brighter red bark in the winter than the more familiar Coral Bark maple.

Local wrestlers make their marks at national meet

A pair of Scotts Valley teens recently took their wrestling prowess to the national stage at the USA Wrestling ASICS/Vaughan Cadet and Junior Nationals tournament in Fargo, N.D.

Datebook

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Greg Wimp

Sandwich shop owner appointed to Scotts Valley Council

As Greg Wimp, the owner of multiple area Togo’s sandwich shop locations, stepped up Oct. 1 to address Scotts Valley City Council about why...