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May is the month for you if you make a note when your favorite plant starts to bloom. May is the month for you if you count the number of hummingbirds at the feeder everyday. May is the month for you if you’ve been waiting for the soil to warm enough to plant melons, peppers, and winter squash.

Bela Ravikumar has earned a reputation as a stellar and well-followed artist in Santa Cruz County, but her latest show at the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center in Ben Lomond is the cherry on top for this prolific painter. Ravikumar enjoys capturing the natural beauty...

Our country contemplates late Spring with a hundred thousand of us turning to leaves of grass.  In the San Lorenzo and Scotts Valleys, the lady in ACE pleads for patience with COVID waiting lines; Americans tolerate one-way signs in store aisles; Felton rental truck employees refuse good work; and the Boulder Creek hair stylist sues the state to reopen.   Labor Day celebrations and protests in crowds show massive impatience—but haven’t led to mass outbreaks of disease.  High unemployment payments, food stamps, and closed schools discourage the work most want even when workplaces and Chambers can open.  Viral regulations to disperse crowds make business inefficient when operational: distancing and extra cleanup reduce store capacities.  Short unexpected contagion, Americans must return to work before government follows business to bankruptcy.  Republicans play cards for chance while Democrats play for caution; both reward special interests as they gamble elections on life and death. 

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In recent years, miniature pigs — better known as “teacup pigs” — have become a trendy pet, prized for their cuteness as much as their small stature and intelligence.