We love the TV commercial where the guy walks into his patio wearing a button down shirt and his tighty whities, thinking his scheduled meeting is on Zoom, only to find out it’s in person.

Check out the great Inside Education program put on by the County Office of Education. This year is a trade off: you miss visiting the schools, as they have done in past years, but you get a wealth of information without leaving your desk. Growing Up is covering it monthly.

Author and Realtor Seb Frey, whose column runs in Growing Up, will present a free webinar on how to protect your home and recover from the current disaster.

While the smoke has cleared locally, the state has seen 4.1 million acres burned and over 8,600 structures lost to wildfires just this year.

Frey is working with the FireSafe Council on the webinar which will be by ZoomThursday, October 29 at 4 PM.

We love the Capitola Friends of the Library Branch Bookstore at the Capitola Mall, but don’t tell our friends those books that look sparkling new and expensive are used, but in fine condition and very affordable.

TheBookstore is now open in a new location next to The Hallmark Store. It's much larger, so they not only have more room for books, but lots of room to spread out. 

It’s open now only Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 4 with more days coming soon.

If you have books, CDs or DVDs in good condition to donate, please email karen@sploids.com for pickup.

If you are like us, you have spent way too much time under the house looking for holiday decorations. Are they in that box? That bag? Is that Christmas, Hanukkah or Halloween?

These are challenging times for parents and care-givers. Heading into the holidays we must navigate a season that emphasizes togetherness in the face of a global pandemic. Get support and build skills for navigating difficulties peacefully, even playfully, while staying calmer and better-connected during the holidays. Receive weekly instruction, build community with other parents and gain five practical Hand in Hand tools you can use to create connection and build joy in your family. 

This class meets online, weekly, for six weeks (no class the week of Thanksgiving). 

Sundays from 10-11:30 am, 11/1- 12/13 (no class 11/29)

Wednesdays from 7-8:30 pm, 11/14- 12/16 (no class 11/25)

We’re still hoping people who value the information in Growing Up will help keep us publishing by donating to our GoFundMe.

We know times are tight and we are doing our best to keep you informed in print, online and in social media. It’s like swimming upstream, but we are going to do it as long as we can.

Thanks for reading!!!