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August 7, 2026

The Mountain Gardener: Take time to enjoy the garden (and the fair)

I was on my deck recently with a friend who commented that everything smelled so good that it must be nice to just sit and enjoy the garden. I thought to myself "What? How can I just sit when there is so much to do?" That's when it hit me, why do we create gardens if not to enjoy them?  So as summer winds to an end, celebrate what you've created and just sit and enjoy the fragrance, sights and sounds of your garden.

Datebook

- Submit Datebook items to pbeditor@pressbanner.com 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.

Let’s go fishin’: Fall salmon hit and miss for anglers

With large returns expected to California’s rivers, some anglers are waiting for the expected fish to show up. But the Klamath River is at the top of the list for no-show salmon while the Sacramento River has had a steady return of fall Chinooks.

New faces

- Brayden Orion Baric was born to Krystal Rosa Kristich and Daneil Baric of Boulder Creek at 12:06 a.m. Sept. 5, 2013. He weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Falcons fall to tough Nevada squad; Cougars shut out

Scotts Valley High School’s varsity football team fell 49-35 in a hard-fought battle to the Spanish Springs High School Cougars on Saturday, Sept. 14 in Scotts Valley.

New coach, young team, strong bonds

Andrea Trader looks over her team and sees a group of motivated girls who worked hard during the summer to prepare for the fall volleyball season.

Commentary: SLV Water spins the PR spin

The excessive rate increase proposed by SLV Water District has taken on a whole new spin within the recently sent public notifications. Hiring a new and expensive PR firm will do that. The $6 million administrative campus, after 8 years in planning and $3 million already spent outside of rate-payer oversight, has suddenly become a facilities consolidation project. But they didn’t tell you the price tag has jumped to $9 million, did they?

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Scotts Valley City Manager Mali LaGoe announces resignation

The City of Scotts Valley announced today that City Manager Mali LaGoe has submitted her resignation after more than four and a half years leading...