50.3 F
Scotts Valley
October 13, 2026

The Mountain Gardener: Summer in the garden at long last

Summer has finally arrived. It took a while, a long while this year, but now we can enjoy nice weather and our beautiful gardens. The extra rainfall (which continues to fall) has allowed many trees, shrubs and perennials to grow lush and full like never before.

Sports Shorts

Youth football begins

Scotts Valley Farmers Market relocating to Graham Plaza on June 27

Farmers Market
The Scotts Valley Farmers’ Market will open at a new long-term location at Graham Plaza, 219 Mount Hermon Road, beginning next Saturday, according to the Santa Cruz Community Farmers’ Markets. The weekly market, which previously operated at the Boys and Girls Club site, is relocating...

New Faces

• Ellie Diane Smith was born at 4:21 a.m. Nov. 22, 2009, to Elizabeth Diane (Fox) and Jason Michael Hammond Smith of Felton. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

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.

New Performing Arts Center nears completion at SLVHS

After nearly a year and a half of work, construction of the new Performing Arts Center at San Lorenzo Valley High School is nearing completion.

Off Hours: Wet summer fun with kids

No doubt about it, some things just go together. Peanut butter and jelly, milk and cookies, spaghetti and meatballs, macaroni and cheese, bees and honey — you get the picture.

New Faces

Lauren Ann Cowden was born at 1:01 a.m. July 10, 2011, to Michelle Lynne (Mason) and Clyde Ernest Cowden of Scotts Valley. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Falcon girls to face tough playoff test

The Scotts Valley High School girls basketball team will take their vaunted full court press and a sparkling 23-3 record into the Central Coast Section playoff on Friday, Feb. 28.

SOCIAL MEDIA

2,600FansLike
735FollowersFollow
762FollowersFollow
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

Central Coast Good Fire Fair returns Saturday to Henry Cowell Redwoods...

California State Parks will host the third Central Coast Good Fire Fair and demonstration burn Saturday, Oct. 10, at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. The...