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February 12, 2026

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.

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Go World Cup: Where you can catch the World Cup

The World Cup is a global event, because people from all over the planet participate simultaneously via television. About 90,000 will be physically present at the World Cup on July 11, but hundreds of millions of people will watch the tournament on television.

Little League Roundup

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New Faces

• Logan Matthew Cuartilon was born at 4:35 p.m. May 20, 2010, to Lindsey Marie Patterson and Bendoy Earls Cuartilon III of Scotts Valley. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Nature Friendly: A summer reading list

Summer afternoons in the Arkansas delta are endless. After a lunch that might include collard greens and hot-water cornbread, townspeople traditionally stave off the heat and humidity by taking a nap.

To Your Health: Be good to your brain

Throughout the general media, much is being said these days about improving and maintaining good health. Most of this information tends to emphasize our physical health, such as preventing conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, etc. There is much less information, though it is equally important, about keeping our brains healthy, especially as we age.

Let’s Go Fishing: Fish and Game decides on inland salmon season

After a delay in the decision-making process, the California Department of Fish and Game Commission reached a conclusion for the 2010 recreational salmon season in the Sacramento River watershed.

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Caltrans sets lower speed limits along Highway 9

Caltrans will lower speed limits on several segments of Highway 9 in Santa Cruz County following a recent engineering and traffic survey of an...