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January 17, 2026

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Fitness | Healthy Habits Rather Than New Year’s Resolutions

Now is the time we all are thinking of changing a thing or two for 2026 to improve our lives. Many of us use...
Hydrangea Christmas tree

The Mountain Gardener | ’Twas the Night Before Christmas 2025—A Poem...

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the garden,The creatures were stirring, the deer got a pardon. The hummingbird feeders were hung by the...
John Fasolas and his Running Electric crew

Finance | Planning for the Price of Power

Hayek’s “Use of Knowledge in Society” illustrates the profound challenges that well-meaning but arrogant market planners have faced from widely dispersed market knowledge inadequately...
Peaceful holiday

TherapyWorks | A Guide to Enjoying the Holidays Stress-Free

The holiday season may be “the most wonderful time of the year,” but it can also be a lot to manage. Between family expectations,...
Roger Snyder

Scotts Valley School Bell | Happy Holidays From Your Local Schools

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving, and are enjoying this holiday season. Last week, Superintendent Krause and your full board attended the CSBA...
Christmas Cactus

The Mountain Gardener | Holiday Traditions From the Garden and Home

Every year as I get down the Christmas decorations I think about past holidays with friends and family. Who was that well-fed baby in...
Apple dumplings

Plain Talk About Food | The Joy of Leftovers After a...

“Why such a huge turkey?” I was asked by my butcher. “For ‘leftovers,’” I replied. My family loves leftovers as much as they love...
Derek Timm

Mayor’s Message | Year-End Reflections

As we reach the end of the year, I’ve found myself thinking about what an extraordinary place Scotts Valley is and how much we...
Poinsettia

The Mountain Gardener | Beware of Toxic Holiday Plants This Season

To kick off this year’s holiday season, I plan to add some color to cheer up my houseplant selection. Sometimes I give friends and...
Finance AI

Finance | The AI Tsunami for Workers and Investors

“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” —B.F. Skinner Oxford’s 2013 study estimated that “47% of U.S. occupations were at...

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Roadwork

Overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton begins Tuesday

Travelers on Highway 9 in Felton will encounter overnight traffic control beginning Tuesday, Jan. 20, as part of utility relocation work. Between Kirby Street and...