Tag: Ben Lomond
Santa Cruz County supervisor candidates make their pitch for 5th District...
The most powerful moment during the Fifth District candidates forum Feb. 7 at the Highlands Park Senior Center in Ben Lomond had nothing to...
Letters to the Editor | Published Feb. 9, 2024
Majority of ratepayers being left behind
It’s hard to believe the San Lorenzo Valley Water District promotes this rate increase as supporting water conservation. Anyone...
Plain Talk About Food | Roses are Red, the Violet’s Blue…
It was in the year 1590, Sir Edmund Spense continued his poem… “the honey’s sweet, and so are you.” And the last two lines...
Plain Talk About Food | Fú
“The Old has gone, the New is here.” —2 Corinthians
I have just wished you, dear readers, “prosperity” in the Chinese language—Fú—a greeting that we...
Letters to the Editor | Published Jan. 19, 2024
Grateful for coverage of local officers
In recent weeks the Press Banner has written several articles regarding our local law enforcement. When I see headlines...
Plain Talk About Food | If Only…
How many times have I uttered the words “if only” during my lifetime.
I had been shopping at Safeway last week for a 10-pound pork...
Plain Talk About Food | Time for New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to makeyour regular annual good resolutions. Next weekyou can begin paving hell with them as usual. —Mark...
Shirli McLaughlin’s final chapter: Friends remember community-building Ben Lomond shopkeeper
When I first stepped foot inside the Third Hand Store in Ben Lomond, a Canadian tasked with covering the quirky and community-oriented Scotts Valley...
Plain Talk About Food | Is There a ‘Watch Bird’ Watching...
Imagine being 5 years old and learning (from the other kids) it was possible, just possible…there was NO Santa Claus. This 5-year-old was devastated.
In...
Plain Talk About Food | Precious Christmas Memories
I lived with my aunt and uncle during my early years, who, to this day, I am not sure they believed in the existence...
Scotts Valley roller derby team wins second consecutive national title
Scotts Valley’s Santa Cruz Derby Groms female division team, the Gromshells, claimed their second consecutive Junior Roller Derby Association (JRDA) National Championship on July...
