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I love the start of the Major League Baseball season. Rarely does the prospect of overpriced domestic beer and eating questionably sanitary and unquestionably unhealthy food — all while surrounded by foulmouthed drunks — sound as appealing as it does this time of year.

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EDITOR,

Summertime, and the living is easy in Santa Cruz County. But as our green hills turn yellow, homeowners are reminded that we’ve had some destructive fire seasons in recent years.

About a year ago I wrote a column about Martin’s Beach near Half Moon Bay, an idyllic crescent shaped beach that many consider the most beautiful in San Mateo County. A billionaire named Vinod Khosla bought all the land fronting the beach and gated off the only road that leads to Martin’s Beach. Since the beach has 75 foot cliffs on both the north and south ends, the only realistic access is via that one road. A few foolish people have suggested that people can come in by way of the ocean. They have obviously never had the entertaining experience of landing or launching a boat through the breakers. Seaworthy individuals do it, but grandma may object to this form of exercise.

- Clinton Richard Siftonwas born at 10:31 a.m. January 25, 2014 to Brittany Lynn Ceresa and Beau Sifton of Felton. He weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

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The San Lorenzo Valley IOOF/SLV summer softball season is well under way. In the men’s league, the Flingers have proven themselves by starting the season undefeated while the Mountain Mechanics and Steelheads battle for first place in the Co-ed A league.