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The Mountain Gardener | Get Excited About Bare Root Edibles

A visit to any of our local nurseries at this time of year is like a visit to the candy store for a gardener....

Mayor’s Message | Weathering the Storms: Scotts Valley Looks Ahead to...

As we step into 2025, we must acknowledge the unprecedented events that recently tested our community's resilience. Our long-held scientific belief that tornadoes do...

Plain Talk About Food | Finally, Dungeness Crab! A Culinary Cautionary...

“Be careful what you wish for, it might be more than you can handle.” That thought immediately came to mind, that late afternoon while staring...

The Mountain Gardener | For the Love of Roses

January is almost over with nary a raindrop. Our days have been lovely and many of my plants have started growing earlier than usual....

Finance | Date the Rate but Marry the House

Bummer Bob gripes over dinner, where most financial decisions get solved: “We just can’t afford a gorgeous river house in Brookdale now. Thirty-year mortgages...
letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor | Published Jan. 17, 2025

High density threatens Hidden Glen’s quality of life Just wanted to quickly tell our story and voice our strong opposition to the proposed Haven Development,...

The Mountain Gardener | Houseplants — Good for You and Your...

I look out my sliding glass doors and see tall redwoods and stately oaks, but on the inside I enjoy the green and sometimes...

Plain Talk About Food | Napkins, Then and Now

“Mae West has been on more laps than a napkin.” —Walter Winchel Yesterday, while ironing my umpteenth holiday napkin, I was remembering our “napkin box”...
Guest Column Viewpoint Letter

Guest Viewpoint | Fighting Rumors with Transparency in SLVWD

Just before the holiday season, there was an opinion piece in the Press Banner about San Lorenzo Valley Water District (“Measure U’s Decisive Defeat:...

The Mountain Gardener | What’s Old is New Again: Gardening Trends...

In the spirit of my annual New Year’s resolution to learn something new every day, I did some research on Calscape about adding butterfly...

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Measure Q gets underway with citizen oversight, funding allocation

With the overwhelming approval of Measure Q, formally known as the “Santa Cruz County Safe Drinking Water, Clean Beaches, Wildfire Risk Reduction and Wildlife...