Local Agency Management Program (LAMP) Column: MC Dwyer Local News Real Estate 

Question Authority: County’s Local Agency Management Program Impacts Homeowners

By M.C. Dwyer Did you know that, on August 23, our elected Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors (BOS) adopted a Local Agency Management Plan (LAMP) to completely change the way our septic systems can operate? This cleared the way for the BOS to simply vote approval on September 13…which could have resulted in insufficiently developed regulations being implemented starting… Read More
Beeline Blooms Karla Hart DeLong Farms Gardening Local News 

Beeline Blooms: Born of Pirate Gardeners

Karla DeLong and Beeline Blooms Dahlia Farm in Ben Lomond By Julie Horner “I was born a gardener, it’s in my DNA.” Karla DeLong, homesteader, beekeeper, and dedicated organic gardener said, “I grew up on a pot farm, born of pirate gardeners.” Karla is well loved in the valley, part of the energetic team of horticulture experts at Mountain Feed… Read More
Jupiter in Aries Astrology Columns 

Astrology: October’s Cosmic Weather Report

By Catie Cadge PhD Welcome to the Santa Cruz Cosmic Weather Report – Evolutionary Astrology of the moment, your moment in time, our collective moment of change!  October begins in Libra season with the Sun moving through the sign of artistic creativity, harmony, and relationship. Sweet Venus is also in Libra, the sign the planet rules, and opposes Jupiter in… Read More
Events 

China Cats ‘Grateful Dead’ Halloween Ball

Get spooky with the China Cats’ legendary Grateful Dead Halloween Ball at the Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 29, 2022 starting at 8:00 pm (doors 7:30). Tickets: brownpapertickets.com/event/5572690 The China Cats are the premier Grateful Dead tribute band in Santa Cruz and the San Francisco Bay Area. This will be a stellar night… Read More