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October 6, 2025

Wine Lover: Pinot noir, terroir in the Santa Cruz Region

If I asked you to find a Santa Cruz winery that didn’t produce a pinot noir, you would be hard pressed. Almost every winery in our region is not only producing pinot noir, but also growing or buying the pinot grapes locally.

Datebook

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The Mountain Gardener: Spring to-dos in the garden

The rain last week was welcomed by all of us who like to watch things grow. There's a patch of grass growing beside a creek where I live that is the brightest neon green I've ever seen. Whether you call it apple green, lime green or chartreuse, it shouts that spring officially started Tuesday, March 20, the vernal equinox.

New Faces

- Mateo Valente Sotelo was born at 7:45 p.m. March 9, 2012, to Bessie Pearl (Mahony) and Manuel Arteaga Sotelo of Boulder Creek. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Sport shorts

Girls softball falls in opener

Let’s go fishin’: Spring time for fish

We have finally received some rain now that it is spring. It may be late in the season, but fish are happy to have water.

Little league season underway

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Valley Neighbors: Tennis pro shares love of the game

Since her childhood, Judy Newman, the tennis director at La Madrona Swim & Racquet Club and coach of the Scotts Valley High girls team, dreamed of playing tennis at the highest level. Today, she lives that dream.

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Greg Wimp

Sandwich shop owner appointed to Scotts Valley Council

As Greg Wimp, the owner of multiple area Togo’s sandwich shop locations, stepped up Oct. 1 to address Scotts Valley City Council about why...