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Peyton Emma-Sue Starkes, daughter of Jessica Cloresia Starkes of Felton, was born at 9:51 p.m. Nov. 28, 2012, at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. Peyton weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.

Just in case visiting family during the holidays feels more like going to the dentist than “Joy to the World,” let me tell you how I handled this reality in my own life.

Aiden James Floodman Young was born to Shayna Catlin Floodman and Joseph John James Young of Boulder Creek at 11:34 p.m. Nov. 21, 2012. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces at birth at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

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During my middle school years, the orchard around the corner was bulldozed and a shopping center erupted. Being that my friends and I were kids, it was our sacred duty to know everything one could possibly know about that jobsite.