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December 23, 2024

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Finance | What Is Financial Life Planning?

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” —Socrates I am an evangelist for financial life planning! I preach it, practice it and donate it to...
TherapyWorks

TherapyWorks | Understanding and Addressing Anxiety in Kids

Children can get anxiety just like adults. Whether it’s adjusting to the changes at school or home, social anxiety, separation anxiety, or generalized anxiety...
Gardening

The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil

Many years ago I started writing a book about gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One of many interesting subjects I researched was the...
Mayor

Mayor’s Message | Like a Good Neighbor… Not!

When Scotts Valley City Manager Mali LaGoe suggested hosting a community meeting to address the ongoing wildfire threat and the accompanying insurance crisis, there...
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Plain Talk About Memorial Day | Where Have All the Buddy’s...

It was in 1955 when the Kingston Trio first sang “Where Have All the Young Men Gone,” written by Pete Seeger about all the...
Fitness

Fitness | How Fitness Keeps You Young

Have you seen certain folks that look much older than they are? Their skin looks weathered and dry, their posture is tilted forward sitting...
Mulch

The Mountain Gardener | What’s Sheet Mulching

Boy, was I impressed. Not long ago I was at a garden to consult with a new client on some upgrades they envisioned for...
letters to the editor

Letter to the Editor | Published May 17, 2024

Concern over Scotts Valley’s housing plan I’m puzzled by the Scotts Valley Council’s exuberance to change our Housing Element and modify the Town Center proposal...
Finance

Finance | Buckets for Budgeting

1. Financial Planning is budgeting to allocate money that finances dreams. At age 20, Sam simply cooked the finest barbecue cuisine for Sequoia weddings and...
Mulch

The Mountain Gardener | Why Mulch

Mulch is not a very exciting subject, but it sure is important to the health and productivity of your garden. It’s great that everyone has...

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5 injured in Scotts Valley’s first tornado on record

*Updated at 6:59pm Dec. 14, 2024 At least five people were injured in Scotts Valley's first-ever tornado on record, authorities said. Capt. Jayson Rutherford, of the...