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July 18, 2025

Mountain Gardener: Turn old junk into garden treasures

What really makes a garden? For one, it might be the comfortable reading chair tucked under a shade tree in the back of the garden. For another, it’s a cutting garden or vegetable garden that puts a smile on the face of its creator. But for many, a garden isn't a garden until it gets that personal touch.

Engagement: Scruggs, Winsett ready to tie the knot

Laura Catherine Scruggs and Adam Grant Winsett of Fort Collins, Colo., plan to be married June 26, 2010, in Fort Collins.

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The Mountain Gardener: Celebrate the pollinators

Does spring have you thinking about the birds and the bees? Good. As a gardener, you need a variety of insects and other creatures to pollinate your plants.

Off Hours: Eye in the skies turns 20

I’m always surprised when a longtime local says, “Huh?” at the mention of the Lockheed-Martin facility up on the Ben Lomond Mountain ridge above Boulder Creek. But even those of us who are aware of it tend to forget about the world’s largest defense contractor in our midst.

Athletes move on to CCS finals

Several Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley High School athletes have qualified for the Central Coast Section finals Friday, May 28, at Gilroy High School after competing at the semifinal meet last weekend.

Little Leaguer hurls perfect game, retires 18 straight

Of the almost 200,000 Major League Baseball games played over 134 years, only 19 games have been perfect, in which no member of one team reached base for any reason. The trick is a rarity in Little League, as well, as just one walk or fielding error would ruin a pitcher’s ultimate accomplishment.

Sports Shorts

Cougars softball falls in second round of playoffs

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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...