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October 15, 2025

Healthy Living: Getting motivated to exercise

Exercise has become a scary notion for many people, often associated with torturous hours on the treadmill or tripping over one’s own feet in a class where everyone else seems to know the moves. It is no wonder so many people find it difficult to get motivated to exercise.

The Mountain Gardener: How hardier plants are made

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start your own little nursery on your property? What would you grow? How would you decide? 

Talk About Money: Don’t get bogged down by investment fees

I was sitting in a banquet room at a downtown Los Angeles hotel in the 1980s, next to my late colleague Dick Bowman. We were both stockbrokers in an L.A. office of a major Wall Street firm.

Datebook

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Sport Shorts

Locals find podium of Santa Cruz Half Marathon and 10K

Sustainable living: Eating local has never been easier

If you haven’t heard about the benefits of eating locally grown food, if only from a bumper sticker, then you must be new to Santa Cruz County.

Let’s go fishin’: Monterey Bay looks good for salmon season

All involved have high hopes for the 2012 salmon season.

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Scotts Valley police promote pedestrian safety this month

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, and Scotts Valley Police Department is urging drivers to exercise extra caution to protect pedestrians. According to the National...