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Scotts Valley
May 17, 2026

The Mountain Gardener

You can feel it. When school starts, Indian summer usually starts, too, and already we’re basking in lots of sunshine.

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.

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