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Scotts Valley
February 12, 2026

The Wine Lover: Port and sherry demystified

Port and sherry are two wines that are often misunderstood and frequently underappreciated.

Little League

Scotts Valley Little League

Commentary: What kind of state do we want to live in?

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s May revise of the 2010-11 budget represents a cynical attack on the most vulnerable people in California.

New Faces

• Laila Jane Maloney was born at 3:48 p.m. May 3, 2010, to Jennifer Nicole Grijalva and Louis Scotts Maloney of Mount Hermon. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Editor’s Notebook: Grab this election by the horns

At a retirement party for a longtime Scotts Valley teacher, I bumped into Tricia Webber, who works for the county elections department coordinating and training all the polling place staff for Election Day.

Around Town: Fundraiser for youth programs raises $4,600

Scotts Valley Police Department Chief John Weiss greets arrivals at a D.A.R.E. fundraising golf tournament at Valley Gardens Golf Course in Scotts Valley on May 13.

The Mountain Gardener: Careful plant choice, maintenance makes a difference

The landscape is so lush in May. Shades of green are everywhere you look — apple green, grass green, forest green, spring green, pine, olive, lime, jade, chartreuse, kelp, sage. Did you know the human eye can identify more than 200,000 shades of green?

Letter: Bethany U should set better example

I am very disappointed in the students and staff of Bethany University. All of the kids have left their dorms for the summer, and when they cleaned out their dorms, one Dumpster was supplied. In it went perfectly good rugs, many couches, good tables and bags full of perfectly good clothing.

Let’s Go Fishin’: Good fishing prevails

Fishing in the ocean has been good for salmon and halibut, and rockfish are showing up, as well. Freshwater fishing opportunities are open, too. In our local waters, Loch Lomond reservoir is open, and the Sacramento watershed is producing shad and striped bass.

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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...