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December 1, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: Brighten your garden with splashes of spring

Every spring, while driving Highway 280 on the way to the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, I enjoy the beautiful combination of Western redbuds blooming vivid fuchsia alongside electric blue ceanothus flower clusters. It’s a sight that always excites me. In early spring there are many other plants that bloom at the same time, creating colorful vignettes. Here are some of my favorites that I’ve used:

Cougars edge Falcons in SCCAL meet

In a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League track and field meet between San Lorenzo Valley High and Scotts Valley on April 1, SLV narrowly edged out Scotts Valley by a score of 69½-66½.

Off Hours: Concerts keep music alive

Most veteran music fans will admit that neither the sound quality nor the artists’ technical performance at a live concert can match what studio albums deliver. Live shows are all about the vibe, the event itself, and the chance to actually watch the artists at work.

Little League Roundup

Scotts Valley Little League

Commentary: Supervisors shortchange rural fire protection

Few people think about Proposition 172. What is it? Who cares, anyway? You should care, since Proposition 172 provides an ongoing half-cent sales tax that was voter-approved in 1993.

Sports Shorts

SV baseball shows well in non-league play

Talk About Money: Public pension leave cities in a pinch

Remember 1999? Silicon Valley ruled the global economy, the Nasdaq was going up about 30 percent a year and tech companies with no earnings saw their stock prices skyrocket, then split, then skyrocket again. People thought it would never end.

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Nov. 28, 2025

Choir concerts to celebrate Christmas season The Spring Lakes Park Choir will be performing three identical concerts to celebrate the Christmas season. They will be performing...