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October 5, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: Replacing ground cover with drought-tolerant plants

Now that everyone has received a summer water bill or two, it’s hitting home about the need to conserve.

Datebook

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Guest column: Meehan Siding, a forgotten piece of Zayante’s history

Few would consider the village of Zayante as a bustling railroad town and, indeed, it never truly bustled. But it did draw tourists in droves.

Datebook

n Submit Datebook items to [email protected] 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.

Letters and Shout-outs

Bravo to fireworks production crew

News faces

Gunner Michael Donohue, a 7-pound, 6-ounce boy, was born to Megan Lenore (Russell) and Schyler Prescott Donohue of Ben Lomond at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He was born at 8:28 p.m. on June 25, 2014.

Plain Talk About Food: The preciousness of friendship and a summer peach cake

Do you remember the movie by Thornton Wilder “Our Town” and narrated by Hal Holbrook in the 1950s?

Your Health: Cancer in remission, time to look ahead

I am in remission of my multiple myeloma cancer. The three months of chemotherapy last fall and winter did a great job in knocking out most of those cancerous plasma cells which were taking over my body. The stem-cell transplant I was originally to have following chemotherapy has been canceled. I will have my blood tested regularly to monitor my remission. My thanks to Dr. Michael Wu and his wonderful caring staff at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation oncology department who did a superb job treating my disease.

Nature Friendly: How to shoot a redwood

When Jodie Frediani’s father gave her a Brownie camera at age 12, neither one could have imagined that the gift would lead to a life-long romance with photography.

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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...