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July 8, 2025

Sports Shorts

Scotts Valley girls teams set to enter SCCAL second round

The Straight Dope: Time to recognize real benefits of medical marijuana

The recent proposal for a medical marijuana outlet in Scotts Valley raises many questions, most of which I leave to those who know best about law enforcement, zoning, liability and other legal considerations. But underlying all of this is the question of the application of marijuana (Cannabis sativa) to the treatment of medical problems.

Nature Friendly: Lonely roads and late-night phone calls

I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers. I lay in bed and watched my clock tick off the early morning hours — now 1 a.m., now 2 a.m. — as I waited for the phone to ring.

Club Roundup: Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

The Kiwanis is planning its charitable efforts through 2010. In addition to helping with the Mountain Charlie Bike Race for the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation, the club will help with the Scotts Valley Criterium, a new bike race in Scotts Valley scheduled for May 16, as well as three Music in the Park performances this summer.

It’s the Law: The law of parcel taxes

There is no dearth of pithy quotes regarding taxes. The writer Robert Heinlein said, “Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors — and miss.” Meanwhile, Will Rogers observed, “The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.”

The Mountain Gardener: Use well this break in the rain

Usually, I don’t comment on the weather. By the time you read this, it might be dark and stormy. But today, the sky is blue, the daffodils are sporting sunny yellow faces and the flowering plums are bursting with color.

SLV girls hoops advance in playoffs

Behind star center Sierra Clark’s 28 points and 23 rebounds, the San Lorenzo Valley girls basketball team (12-14) won its first-round Division IV Central Coast Section playoff game, 57-38, on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Commentary: School trustees are listening

The state’s financial woes and their impact on our local school system are by now well-established.

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News Briefs | Published July 4, 2025

Tree removal leads to temporary closure on Big Basin Highway Caltrans will temporarily close a section of southbound Highway 236 (Big Basin Highway) left on...