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Measure K’s election win last month brings into sharp focus the issues of education and money.

Volleyball teams take tourneys

“Escrow” is one of those words you hear tossed around. People “open escrow” and “close escrow,” and — as was the case recently with Bethany University — some deals “fall out of escrow.”

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The San Lorenzo Valley High boys wrestling team improved to 3-1 on the season Wednesday, Feb. 3, with a 48-24 win over previously undefeated Santa Cruz High. The teams are tied for second place in the league, behind undefeated Aptos.

My stem cell transplant has been put off for a while until I see some improvement of severe peripheral neuropathy in my feet and legs caused by the chemotherapy I received. So I am at home biding my time and able to continue writing for the foreseeable future. I’d like to begin today a three-part series on cancer.

Back on March 23, President Obama signed the much-debated law that mandates universal health insurance coverage. Aspects of the new law continue to emerge, but what we know is that while the 10 percent tax on tanning salons might take a significant bite out of the ever-bronzed George Hamilton’s wallet (ditto for our friends at Scotts Valley’s Tanners Cove), it doesn’t exactly cover all the new costs of this bill. A slew of tax modifications and penalties will follow.