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October 23, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: Plant natives to spruce up your garden

In celebration of Native Plant Week earlier this month, let's talk about using California natives in the garden. How do you pick the best plants for your situation, and what do they need to grow in your garden?

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Scotts Valley Lacrosse romps

Little League Round-up

Scotts Valley Little League

Cougars make quick work of Pirates

The San Lorenzo Valley boys’ volleyball team rolled over the Harbor Pirates in three quick games winning 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 on April 26 at SLV High.

Nature Friendly: Water district announces environmental grant awards

The San Lorenzo Valley Water district announced the winners of its annual environmental grant contest last week.

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.

Cougars fall to No.1 Knights

The Soquel High baseball team brought the league’s hottest bats to Felton on April 26 and marched over their hosts, the San Lorenzo Valley Cougars, winning handily 10-2.

New Faces

Johanna Michelle D’Andrea was born to Maia Elena (Mosher) and Philip Matthew D’Andrea of Ben Lomond at 8:52 p.m. April 5, 2011, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces.

The Mountain Gardener: Water your edibles to keep them healthy

April is a month of change in the garden.

Comedy Corner: It’s a coffee wonderland

Last year, I had to do a field research paper on addiction to fulfill one of my class requirements for my addiction studies major at Bethany University. It was a great project. All I did was hang out at my two favorite coffee houses, The White Raven in Felton and Peet’s Coffee & Tea in Scotts Valley. The following is a portion of my term paper:

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Santa Cruz County’s 2024 Crop Report shows jump in local crop...

Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has released the 2024 Crop Report, announcing that the estimated gross production value of local agricultural commodities reached...