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NWCG Active Fire Detection Satellite

August 21, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comfire, wildfire0 comment

National Interagency Fire Center Satellite Map with Fire Perimeter https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/?fbclid=IwAR3673fqT99dMyV5b9jHJL-Auv83Q8XyaoyNSGUQHVcI2DTY3DlLREkcbTg#/%3F/EditLayerFireWeather/37.1018/-122.1105/12 Read More

San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District 2020 2021 school year plans

Education

SLVUSD Launches the School Year with Mission Possible Theme

August 17, 2020August 22, 2020 slvpost.comeducation, schools0 comment

San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District SLVUSD introduces initial plans for the 2020-2021 school year with the theme of “Mission Possible.” Read More

Local News Public Safety

Board of Supervisors Approve Defunding of Sheriff’s Felton Substation

August 11, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comCrime, felton, public0 comment

County of Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors approve elimination of Felton Sheriff's substation Read More

Art Columnists Education Kids Local News

Turned Inside Out

August 4, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comArt, education, kids, schools0 comment

Sarah Nielsen and Boulder Creek's Art Lab has moved operations completely out of doors to her newly acquired 20-acre property in the hills across from Camp Joy Gardens Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

Yuccas and Other Spiky Plants

August 4, 2020June 7, 2023 slvpost.comgardening0 comment

Yuccas. An easy, overused California garden cliché? A lazy, drought-tolerant landscape filler? Something to plant at the far end of the property where the hose doesn’t reach? Read More

Business

Open to Blank Walls: Making the Most of Moving Outdoors

August 2, 2020July 3, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner, August 2, 2020 Even on the dark days, the sun always rises. Evan Borthwick, owner of Redwood Pizzeria in downtown Felton admitted, “This is a significant bottoming out.” But you can’t thread the needle during a pandemic. “Some people take risks; others are more cautious. We need to eat, and we miss our music.” It’s a trick… Read More

Entertainment Music Valley People

Gypsy Cowboy Bill Laymon: American Bass Player

August 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comMusic4 Comments

San Lorenzo Valley musician Bill Laymon Read More

Real Estate News San Lorenzo Valley Santa Cruz Mountains

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Real Estate: 2nd Q 2020 Market Review

August 1, 2020September 28, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

SLV Homes By “M.C.” Dwyer Market Review: 2nd Quarter 2020 During the second quarter of 2020, average home prices rose across most of our region. San Lorenzo Valley 2nd quarter average single family home prices rose about 6% compared to the 1st quarter, and when compared to this time in 2019, stayed nearly flat while the number of sales rose… Read More

Columns Education

Navigating School Contingencies

August 1, 2020August 14, 2020 slvpost.comeducation, schools0 comment

In May and June, when COVID numbers were declining because of two months of shelter-in-place orders, it seemed feasible to envision a fall where case numbers were low enough that students could return safely to campuses with safeguards in place and modified schedules. But as case numbers have soared across the state, and wait-times for COVID test results can stretch... Read More

Columnists Welcome

Looking for an Upside

August 1, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comfelton, heart rock, Highway 90 comment

By Julie Horner Well not so fast. Some of us had just sidled up to Joe’s newly refurbished bar…seats away from each other and mostly masked…not quite back to “normal” but doggone we could go down and get our pint and say hello to those scattered along the bar’s storied length and dial up a tune on the juke with… Read More