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Finance | Navigating Long-term Care: Hazards and Strategies

As my parents suffered lingering deaths from cancer and Alzheimer’s, they appreciated long-term care insurance, and their purchase enlarged my inheritance. I am a...

The Mountain Gardener | Everything You Didn’t Know About Mums

You probably think of mums as boring. They’re everywhere at this time of year. Many consider them a bit of color on the front...

Guest Column | Invest in a Healthy Future for SLV Water...

In last week’s edition, I highlighted how supporting Measure Q on the Nov. 5 ballot represents a historic opportunity to steward our precious and...

The Mountain Gardener | How to Create a Beautiful Garden

Fall is a good time to design and plant a new garden. I love to read those articles in gardening magazines with titles like...

Guest Column | Measure Q: A Critical Investment for Santa Cruz...

When I look back on four decades of public service, there is one issue that has remained a top priority for me and the...

Strictly Business | Women’s Evolution Retreat — A Sanctuary for Renewal...

The roots of women’s retreats may be less documented, but their surge in popularity in recent decades reflects the growing emphasis on self-care, wellness...

Plain Talk About Food | Molasses, The Dark Tide

While pouring the dark, thick and very sticky molasses from its bottle this morning, I thought about the people who drowned during the Great...

The Mountain Gardener | This & That From the Internet

My friend Evan is a computer whiz and designed my website and blog. He is often researching on the internet and forwards me interesting...

Finance | Can’t Pay the IRS?

What happens if you don’t pay taxes? The IRS, or FTB, writes to say you owe and you concede the amount. To remind us...

The Mountain Gardener | All About Dry Creek Beds

Coming from a meeting with a client in Scotts Valley today, I saw a really well designed dry creek bed. I didn’t get a...

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News Briefs | Published July 11, 2025

‘Veterans’ Voices with VTC’ debuts on Santa Cruz Voice The Veterans Transition Center (VTC) and Santa Cruz Voice have partnered to launch “Veterans’ Voices with...