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May 18, 2026

A word on Down syndrome

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. This has particular meaning to me because 11 years ago when I married my dear wife Beth, I gained not only an incredible wife but also an equally incredible Down syndrome brother-in-law named Danny. Coincidentally, Danny had been a patient of mine in urgent care for a number of years before I met Beth. I always enjoyed seeing him back then as I had a special affection for those with this genetic disorder.

Sports Shorts Falcons top Mount Madonna

Falcons top Mount Madonna

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Middle school team off to strong start

Maxwell, Cougars win at Stanford

With senior runner Anna Maxwell leading the way, the San Lorenzo Valley varsity girls cross country team ran away with Division IV Stanford Invitational title on Saturday, Sept. 28.

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McCown graduates from Cal Poly

Let’s Go Fishin’: Whales and red tide

Most people associate fall with the darkening of leaves on the trees. The past few years the inshore waters of the ocean have made color changes in the fall with the arrival of red tides. Humpback whales have also made a late season showing right outside Capitola.

New faces

- Katherine Rose Johnson was born at 11:25 a.m. Sept. 26, 2013 to Stephanie Alexandra and Richard Donald Johnson of Scotts Valley. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

The Mountain Gardener: Fire-safe landscaping, part 1

I drove through the Groveland area near Yosemite a couple of days before the Rim Fire started on August 17. The local talk over Tioga Pass was then about the recent Aspen Fire in the Sierra National Forest. The Rim fire has now burned 400 square miles of forest and cost $122 million to fight to date. What started as a 40 acre fire when discovered exploded to over 100,000 acres within two days. It is now the third largest in California history.

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