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October 30, 2025

Nature Friendly: UCSC professor teaches science with reptiles and amphibians

We will be celebrating the recent ascension of the red-legged frog to California’s official state amphibian on our next Watershed Walk with Dr. Gage Dayton of UC Santa Cruz, an expert on reptiles and amphibians.

Your Health: Pertussis epidemic present danger to infants, unimmunized

According to a recent public health alert, California is experiencing an epidemic of pertussis, with over 5,000 cases reported this year.

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?

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Starbucks workers rally for unionization in Scotts Valley

On a drizzly Saturday afternoon in Scotts Valley, the rain came down softly but the voices of Starbucks baristas rose over the din of...