Tag: opinion
The Mountain Gardener | Japanese Maples in the Fall
I’m starting to see the beginning of fall color on some trees. It’s an exciting time of year. My friend, Kate, in Bonny Doon...
Guest Column | New Police Officers Join Scotts Valley
Scotts Valley works hard to maintain a full complement of community-oriented police officers. This article introduces recently hired Police Officers Seavana Patzke and Vitani...
Fitness | Fitness Helps Seasonal Depression
It’s that time again: The days get shorter with daylight savings, and poor weather conditions start to arrive.
This is where seasonal affective disorder takes...
Letters to the Editor | Published Oct. 6, 2023
Felton Pump Track: Great Idea, Wrong Location
Please consider alternative Felton locations for a pump track, on other public land that does not have the...
The Mountain Gardener | Plant News You Can Use
A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye: Hot weather cherries, drought resistant melons and six other crops that are being...
Letters to the Editor | Published Sept. 29, 2023
Scotts Valley first responders are lifesavers
The afternoon of June 28, my wife had a cardiac arrest at our home in Scotts Valley. Paramedics and...
Plain Talk About Food | The ‘Mysterious’ Lentil
Having been raised by an order of nuns from France, eating lentils was as commonplace as eating potatoes for me, both as a child...
The Mountain Gardener | Plant Combinations That Inspire
You know it when you see it. That combination of plants that cry out “we get along.” Because it’s fall already after a way-too-short...
Guest Column | My Cardboard Box
The Next-Door Neighborhood website, daily, has someone asking for cardboard moving boxes or having used moving boxes to give away. I smile reading those...
Letters to the Editor | Published Sept. 22, 2023
Cheer situation tarnishes school’s reputation
I find it sad and ridiculous that we are having to beg the school to provide a safe, consistent place...
News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025
Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...
