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Fitness | Making Health Simple

Does trying to be healthy feel so far out of reach? You are busy trying to balance work, family and other responsibilities. As a...

The Mountain Gardener | Garden Inspiration Overload

I’d been waiting for the tour of Griggs Wholesale nursery in Watsonville for a while. This company bought Suncrest Nursery last year and has...

Finance | Planning for Deficits with Trump and Harris

With staged propaganda at partisan conventions, both parties hide from federal or Social Security deficits they caused. With local Democratic victory inevitable, consider character...

Strictly Business | Leadership Santa Cruz: Shaping Our Future

Psychology Today says, “community provides belonging, support and identity.” Indeed, Santa Cruz County understands the power of community. We have united in the face...

Plain Talk About Food | Pass the Salt, Please

“Ye are the salt of the earth.” —Jesus of Nazareth At the age of 5 years old, I would eat my bowl of oatmeal or...

The Mountain Gardener | Enjoying the September Garden

September is a month that signals change in the garden. You can feel the weather shifting. Days are not always quite so hot and...
Finance

Finance | Your Home, Your Wealth and Your Life Plan

“You don’t want to have so much money going toward your mortgage every month that you can’t enjoy life or take care of your...

The Mountain Gardener | Lessons from the Fire

My house in Bonny Doon burned down on Aug. 19, 2020. I know this because my neighbor sent me a photo the next day...
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Mayor’s Message | ‘Tis the Season

Like a garden full of spring flowers, tax measures are sprouting up all throughout the county this cycle. And who can blame the cities...
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Plain Talk About Food | I Have a Piggy Bank

Years ago, a dear friend upgraded me to a Piggy Bank as she was tired of watching me put my nickels and dimes into...

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Wildfire between Felton and Scotts Valley quelled

A wildfire that broke out between Felton and Scotts Valley midday Friday was quickly contained at 2.3 acres, as firefighters sought to quell flames...