Datebook: Aug. 20 to Sept. 11
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Off Hours: Flyin’ and floatin’
Three-day weekends are welcomed throughout the year, but especially so in the summer. The Labor Day holiday is particularly sweet; it generally marks the imminent start of the school year — a final wild weekend before locals get their ’hood back from the tourists and parent get a break from having to occupy and entertain their kids 24-7.
New Faces
* Twins Alden Scott Lemus and Beau Dylan Lemus were born to Katrina Elan Ramey and Michael Raymond Lemus of Ben Lomond on July 23, 2010, at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. Alden, born at 12:58 p.m., weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce, and Beau, born at 1 p.m., weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces.
Wine Lover: Blending versus single-varietal depends on place
There are many competing paradigms in the world of vino, and one of the most intriguing is whether winemakers should blend their wines together or bottle their wines individually by varietal.
Your Health: CPR updated
What would you do if you saw someone collapse and fall to the ground in front of you? Some might panic and do nothing. Some might at least call for help, and others might attempt some form of CPR.
Let’s Go Fishin’: Big animals make a big impression in the bay
While fishing in the Monterey Bay tends to be my main focus in this column, I have to give respect to the amazing marine mammals in the outer waters, as well.
Ember Flash named semifinalist in XPRIZE Wildfire competition
Ember Flash Aerospace, a Santa Cruz County company with deep ties in the San Lorenzo Valley, has been named a semifinalist in the XPRIZE...