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September 30, 2025

Nike builds ties to San Lorenzo Valley track team

San Lorenzo Valley’s track team is building a reputation, and shoe maker Nike wants to be a part of it.

Letter: Winery still making wine

Austin Twohig’s wine column, headlined on the Press-Banner’s March 18 front page as “A local winery ditches its Roudon-Smith label...,” led readers astray with the inaccurate intimation that Roudon-Smith wines had vanished. That’s simply not the case.

So many spring sports, so few students

Spring time is here, and baseballs are zipping around the San Lorenzo Valley High baseball field — barely.

Let’s go fishin’: Fishing continues despite tsunami devastation

On March 11, at about 8 a.m., the first tsunami surges from the 9.0-magnitude Japanese earthquake hit the West Coast. The tidal surges pounded the coast and hit the Santa Cruz Harbor and Port of Crescent City without restraint. The damage at the Santa Cruz small-craft harbor is estimated at more than $22 million.

Talk about money: Cashing in: An uncommon Social Security strategy for married couples

The retirement landscape has dramatically changed over the past several years, with declining retirement accounts, savings accounts and home prices. At the same time, medical costs are rapidly rising, life expectancies are increasing and Social Security benefits are not growing at nearly the same pace as inflation. For many — dare I say most? — tough decisions are at hand about postponing or reformulating a retirement that’s no longer affordable.

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.

The Mountain Gardener: Quail Hollow Ranch a unique collection of wildflowers

Few things can compare with walking on a scenic woodland trail lined with wildflowers. Now that it's officially spring, I recently took a hike in Quail Hollow Ranch County Park to see what I could find.

Tsunami’s Byrd Competes in Junior Olympics

Tsunami Swim Club team member Linnea Byrd put in extra pool time last week in preparation for the Junior Olympic Trials and Finals Meet held at San Ramon Valley Livermore Aquatics March 18-20.

Cardinals, Giants win openers

Winter storms postponed weekend games on March 19, but the opening weekend was a success for both Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Little League.

Club Roundup

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Sept. 26, 2025

Music at Skypark wraps up 16th season this Sunday The free outdoor Music at Skypark concert series concludes its 16th season this Sunday, Sept. 28,...