The Mountain Gardener: To build a better hedge, mix it up
I hear it all too often: “My new neighbor just cut down all the trees and shrubs between our properties, and now they can see right into our house. What can I plant?”
Let’s Go Fishin’: Storms bring perch inshore
Recent winter storms brought rain, high winds and heavy surf to the coastal waters. The large winter swells have churned the local beaches and formed new sandbars.
Spotlight: Scotts Valley’s own Project Runway
Two years ago, a fashion club was started at Scotts Valley High School. On Feb. 6, the club will host its student-run fashion show.
Commentary: Some New Year’s resolutions — for others
For many of us, the advent of a new year is accompanied by a list of resolutions. The end of the calendar year has always been a time for review, and the beginning of a new one gets us thinking about goals for the future. It’s the time when we are most likely to contemplate specific changes we want, or need, and most likely to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.
Valley man arrested in Santa Cruz homicide
A San Lorenzo Valley resident is the third man to be charged in the death of a 29-year-old Los Angeles businessman in Santa Cruz after an apparent drug deal gone bad.
Cougars soccer storms back against Sharks
Defender Jasmine Jones broke a 3-3 tie in the final minutes of regulation and Lacey Monack put the game out of reach with her second goal to give the San Lorenzo Valley girls soccer team a 5-3 win over St. Francis High on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Sports Shorts: SLV wrestlers win, SV girls soccer keeps streak alive
SLV wrestlers drop Soquel
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...