I'll be vacationing the next week in southern Mexico, traveling east from the state of Chiapas to the Yucatan peninsula. In addition to exploring ruins, waterfalls, cenotes and flamingo breeding grounds, I'll be especially interested in the local plants, which vary from hardwood forests of mahogany and cedar to tropical.
Two bats with rabies have recently been found in a Scotts Valley neighborhood. Is this cause for alarm? Not really, but it calls for a heightened awareness of what rabies is, how it is transmitted and what needs to be done for a known exposure.
Both the San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley high school boys and girls cross country teams are headed to the Central Coast Section Championship meet this weekend after strong performances at last weekend’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.
I had a plain vanilla childhood. Thank goodness. Ours was a middle-class neighborhood with little crime or drama. Even though many families, including my own, went through the anguish of divorce, all the kids I knew had a family to fall back on. That idyll colored my vision of the world.
I know this gardening season isn't over yet, but I'm already looking forward to next spring and all the fabulous new plant introductions that will be available for our gardens and patios. Some are already being grown on a limited basis by the wholesale growers, while others won't become available until 2011. Recently, I had the opportunity to view up-close and personal some of these new unique perennials, shrubs and grasses. It's exciting to envision them in our own gardens.
The weather is not the only thing that changes in the fall. Many fishing seasons close and others open at this time of year. Sport fishing, commercial fishing and even our local markets change in regard to what local seafood we can catch or buy.
Santa Cruz County Recorder’s Office has announced the launch of Fraud Notify, a new service that helps protect property owners from potential real estate...