Editor's note: This is the full version of a commentary published in the Press-Banner on May 17, 2013.
My quiet reverie was interrupted by the phone jangling. I have the habit of letting the...
Editor’s notebook: Rash of incidental death disconcerting
Without being insensitive to the individual circumstances that surround the deaths of five people in the San Lorenzo Valley in the past two months, I think it’s necessary to point out we’re go...
Editor's notebook: My grandma the food fighter
It’s not often I write about someone in my own family. As the editor of a newspaper, I have to be judicious about how I use space in the paper — and about 98 percent of the time, I leave m...
Commentary: Better ways to manage feral cats Everyone appreciated the rescue tips about baby birds from Carol Carson's column, “Domestic cats pose serious threat to native wildlife,” (March 15, Page 9) published last week. However, she had on...
Commentary: Be kind all the time Sadly, the ending of the year 2012 will mostly be remembered for man’s inhumanity to man as witnessed in the town of Newtown, Conn.
Each year’s end, I have made, and tried to follow, one New Yea...
School safety in Scotts Valley Unspeakable tragedy has descended upon Newtown, Conn., and our nation is left once again pondering the aftermath of a senseless school shooting. Parents and students are understandably shaken, whi...
Always-on gadgets a social turnoff In the past 10 years, we have seen technology take a huge role in our daily lives. As a teacher, I now take attendance, post grades and create homework links online, and so on. Some forms are supp...
I would like to formally and respectfully respond to the recent letter from Nick Clifford of Felton, titled “CHP too eager to ticket” (July 13, Page 6).
First, let us put to rest the ...
“I wish we didn’t have to do this,” said our deacon, Jim Lieb, not for the first time.
He was standing at the door to my office at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ben Lomond. I had just handed ...
Soon, the Bethany University Theater will close its doors indefinitely. This is a great loss to Scotts Valley.
The theater had become the home of several local theater groups. Much labor and resour...
Next week, we’ll all have several chances to get to know the three candidates running for 5th District county supervisor a little bit better.
The Press-Banner and the Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo...