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Real Estate News: SLV Homes May 2021 Update

May 10, 2021September 28, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

Real estate news you can use By M.C. Dwyer Visitors to our lovely small Santa Cruz Mountains towns and the Santa Cruz coast are inspired by the sheer beauty of our landscapes. Many may dream about what it would be like to live here, maybe buy a vacation home, or invest in a place to rent out until future retirement.… Read More

History Local News

Abandoned Bunker in the CZU Burn Zone

May 5, 2021May 15, 2021 slvpost.com3 Comments

What fire uncovers. Within Big Basin Redwoods State Park – post-CZU – an old bunker is revealed. Locals have long speculated what might have been stored within. SLV Museum’s Lisa Robinson provided this comment: “I would have thought it was for road building and/or removing stumps – there are many many reports of removing stumps with dynamite – I’ve written… Read More

Welcome

Like Bright Bulbs in a String of Patio Lights

May 1, 2021July 9, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner May 1, 2021 One by one live music venues wink awake as the weather warms and we begin to put the pandemic behind us. Mountain residents are venturing out, and visitors are beginning to find their way back. From Zayante to Boulder Creek, Bonny Doon to Davenport, each town, if seen from space, would appear like a… Read More

Astrology Columns

May Astrology: Embrace the Warmth of Spring

May 1, 2021May 14, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge Welcome to the Santa Cruz Cosmic Weather Report – Evolutionary Astrology of the moment, your moment in time, our collective moment of change! Early May is Taurus season and how appropriate for May Day! The Celtic holiday of Beltane marks the period between vernal equinox and solstice. Feasting, dancing around the maypole, and sharing the nighttime warmth… Read More

Columns Local News Water

Officials Urge Big Basin and SLV Water Districts Merger

April 25, 2021July 7, 2023 slvpost.com2 Comments

By Jayme Ackemann As early as this summer, Big Basin Water Company customers could see water shortages or other impacts based on an alarming new order just issued by California’s State Water Resources Control Board. Since the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, Big Basin has operated its system from a single well. Much of the company’s water treatment and storage infrastructure… Read More

Entertainment Music

Henry! They’re All Girls! Pickin’ and Grinnin’ with The Goat Hill Girls Bluegrass Band

April 19, 2021May 10, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner The Goat Hill Girls are five longtime friends who have been making music together for over 40 years. They started out as Side Saddle, born in the Bay Area and breaking from the all-male bluegrass tradition. Back in the day some of their guys were in an outfit called The Bear Creek Boys. The girls said, “You… Read More

Local News Water

McPherson, Stone, Laird urge Big Basin Water Co Merger with SLVWD

April 19, 2021May 10, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

April 19, 2021 letter from Supervisor Bruce McPherson, Assemblymember Mark Stone, and Senator John Laird to Jim Moore, owner/manager of Big Basin Water Company strongly urging a merger of their company with the San Lorenzo Valley Water District stating, “as the county and state elected officials representing your company and its customers, we implore BBWD to immediately and earnestly engage… Read More

Local News Water

City of Santa Cruz Water Department Petitions to Modify its Use of San Lorenzo River Water

April 17, 2021May 6, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Summary and Commentary Prepared by Friends of San Lorenzo Valley Water April 2, 2021 Introduction The Santa Cruz City Water Department (SCWD) has submitted five separate petitions to the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) seeking changes to its permits and water rights associated with the San Lorenzo River. The State Water Board oversees water rights throughout… Read More

Column Alison Steele Columns Food & Drink

Nettles’ Song Soup

April 15, 2021June 13, 2023 slvpost.comFood, recipes0 comment

Recipes from a Mountain Garden By Alison Steele Coming into Spring, the hiking paths are lined with nettles, miner’s lettuce, wild garlic, and plantain. It’s fun to forage for wild greens, adding nutrients to our bodies when we need it most! Mother Earth knows how to grow mineral rich food even if our gardens are still too shady to grow our… Read More

Columns History

Streetwise: Kenville Road

April 15, 2021May 5, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

The Hidden History of SLV Street Names By Lisa Robinson Old Kenville Road, east of Zayante Creek, is the topic of this month’s article. But for whom is it named? There were two early Kenville homesteaders – Joseph Kenville, who with his wife America, came to Santa Cruz County in 1866 and, seemingly unrelated, Solomon Kenville and his wife Edesse… Read More