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Food church Boulder Creek Community Local News Valley People 

Food to the People: Free Food Church Boulder Creek and Zayante

By Julie Horner  Beneath a pop-up canopy on a bright Boulder Creek Friday afternoon, Mo Moscoe and his team, Steve Maurer and Steven Shabry, busily attend to a colorful display of fresh produce and packaged foodstuffs that have been gleaned from the Grey Bears Chanticleer Avenue pantry. Friends and neighbors stuff boxes and bags with bunches of produce, leafy greens,… Read More
quail hollow ranch county park Outdoors Photography Recreation 

Winter Hike at Quail Hollow Ranch

A recent “winter warmer” hike at Quail Hollow Ranch County Park featured plenty of blue sky and birdsong. From the Visitor Center:Lower Chapparal Trail > Sunset Trail to the Overlook > Woodrat Trail Quail Hollow Ranch County Park800 Quail Hollow Rd, Felton, CA 95018Directions/mapCounty Parks website Photos by Julie Horner ***Have photos or a favorite hike to share? The team at… Read More
Genasys Project Felton evacuation order Emergency Preparedness Local News 

Felton Grove Under Evacuation Order

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

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

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