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October 31, 2025

Your Health: A little advice on eggs

Most of us are aware of the recent massive recall after eggs from two Iowa farms were found to be contaminated with the salmonella germ, which can cause severe intestinal illness. About 550 million eggs have been recalled.

Football jamborees on tap

The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s season-opening football jamborees will be this weekend.

Sports Shorts

Flingers wrap up softball title

Crunch Time: Bay Area excitement on the rise

We’re in the dog days of August, and I couldn’t be happier. Not only is the weather heating up, but high school, college and professional football games are about to capture my interest until long after Christmas.

Thunder captures bronze at statewide tournament

A young redhead blew hard one last time into her noise-maker vuvuzela, marking the end of the Soccer by the Bay Tournament in San Mateo on Aug. 21 and 22. When the echo of the horn had faded, her brother’s Scotts Valley-San Lorenzo Valley Thunder under-13 boys travel soccer team had defeated Livermore, 2-0, to claim third place in the competition that featured teams from all over California.

Letter: A wonderful valley

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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.

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.

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Starbucks baristas hold signs and chant

Starbucks workers rally for unionization in Scotts Valley

On a drizzly Saturday afternoon in Scotts Valley, the rain came down softly but the voices of Starbucks baristas rose over the din of...