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Genasys Project Felton evacuation order Emergency Preparedness Local News 

Felton Grove Under Evacuation Order

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The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for the Felton Grove neighborhood due to rising water levels of the San Lorenzo River. Residents are ordered to evacuate immediately and move to higher ground. The area is closed to public access. Felton Grove is labeled FEL-E008 on the Genasys Project map. Check your neighborhood status at https://protect.genasys.com/search.… Read More
foxglove february gardening Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening 

February Gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains

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By Josh Reilly It’s February and garden columnists, gurus and boosters are telling us it’s no time to slow down. We are to plan vigorously, catalog our successes and failures, take photos of our gardens and mark them up with colored ink markers (as you might, when willing a hurricane to go where you want, rather than where it’s going).  We’re… Read More
Deputy David Madison Boulder Creek Local News Public Safety 

A New Sheriff in Town: Meet Deputy David Madison

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The Santa Cruz County Sheriff Department Boulder Creek Service Center welcomes Deputy David Madison as our new Community Policing Services contact. He replaces Caitlin McBride who has been promoted to Sergeant. Sgt. McBride said, “I am now supervising a patrol team, and I’m no longer in the valley. My office is at our main headquarters in Live Oak, and I just… Read More
Supervisor Monica Martinez Affirms LGBTQ Protections Government 

Monica Martinez Leads Commitment to LGBT Community

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Led by Fifth District Supervisor Monica Martinez, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reaffirm the County’s commitment to protect women and the LGBTQ+ community amid harmful federal policies and proposals, and to direct the County Administrative Officer (CAO) to safeguard services and ensure timely responses. “Given the current political climate, it is important that we… Read More