Gwyneth Chestnut was born at 9:26 a.m. Dec. 3, 2011, to Kimberly Ann (Barnby) and John Howard Chestnut at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces.

For the most part, family, friends, neighbors and postal carriers already know where you live.

The international language of protocol and etiquette is multifaceted; it blends with curious distinction. It is the language of cooperation and dignity. But has dignity gone missing?

EDITOR,

EDITOR,

The race to fill Mark Stone’s shoes as a Santa Cruz County supervisor representing the 5th District will certainly heat up once the holidays have passed. With six candidates, from a career politician to those nearly green behind the ears, voters have a colorful spectrum to choose from when filling the county seat in June.

Forty-four homes, businesses and community groups — the most to date — entered the Light Up the Valley competition hosted this month by the San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Heavy winds are nothing new for Californians, although the damaging gusts usually come in the summer. The early December windstorm that rattled the state — much worse in southern California, but quite disruptive in our neck of the woods, too — was somewhat of an anomaly.

There are many misperceptions about the appropriate use of antibiotics for the treatment of upper-respiratory infections.