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January 17, 2026

The Mountain Gardener: Plants play starring role in holiday traditions

We all celebrate the holidays in different ways.

Datebook

- 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.

New faces

Ryson Jude Moore was born at 9:01 p.m. Dec. 9, 2012, to Alyson Joy (Ledet) and Ryan Paul Moore of Scotts Valley. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz.

Your Health: Stress can cause poor health

As wonderful as the holiday season can be, social events, shopping, home decorations and many other holiday activities can really stress us out.

Plain talk about food: Tackling a Dungeness crab

Having spent my tender years being shuffled from one aunt’s house to another, I was often found clamming with them on the ocean shore in Westport, Wash., or shaking crab in our family’s cannery on its wharf.

SLV girls shut out Kirby for first win

On a cool afternoon in Felton, the San Lorenzo Valley varsity girls soccer team used a hot second half to shut out Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School 4-0 on Tuesday, Dec. 11.

SV youngster heads to first national gymnastics meet

A Scotts Valley Middle School student is on her way to a national gymnastics competition.

Letter: Holiday hostility

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Surf team defeats Harbor for first win

The Santa Cruz Mountains Surf Team, made up of athletes from Scotts Valley, San Lorenzo Valley and St. Francis high schools, earned a victory against Harbor High of Santa Cruz in its second contest of the season.

Sports shorts

Pig as prize

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Roadwork

Overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton begins Tuesday

Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Tuesday, Jan. 20, as part of utility relocation work. Between Kirby Street and...