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June 29, 2026

Your Health: Many plagued by insomnia

It is estimated that about one-third of adults have difficulty sleeping and are thus sleep deprived.

The Mountain Gardener: Ideas from the garden show

Every year, after attending the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, I'm exhilarated by the creativity of the display gardens and the fresh use of familiar plants. Don't even get me started on the new plant introductions I want to use in my next landscape design.

Club roundup

Scotts Valley Host Lions

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

- Chase Mathew Rasmussenwas born at 4:55 a.m. March 13, 2012, to Lisa Rene (Pina) and Elmer Mathew Rasmussen of Scotts Valley. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces when he was delivered at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Untarnished etiquette: Manners on the roadway

Driving etiquette encompasses general rules of courtesy when we operate vehicles.

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.

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Overnight Highway 9 closure near Boulder Creek scheduled for July 1

Motorists traveling on Highway 9 north of Boulder Creek will face a full overnight closure Wednesday, July 1, as crews continue work on the...