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Entertainment Music

Singer, Songwriter, Survivor

October 1, 2021October 12, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Michele Murphy Beloved local singer-songwriter Ginny Mitchell said, “I think I was always singing, but when I was three my mother put me in the church choir.” Her brother Bill was her idol. He played drums in the school band, so she did too. Then he took up guitar, so she had to do that as well. She took… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

SLV Homes: Fall Housing Outlook

October 1, 2021September 28, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer Let’s look at the reasons why home prices keep rising in Santa Cruz County. Average Home Sales Price 3rd Quarter 2021 * Average Home Sales Price 3rd Quarter 2020 San Lorenzo Valley $885,976 $754,768 Scotts Valley $1,510,786 $1,250,804 Santa Cruz County $1,355,142 $1,203,893 Santa Clara County $2,022,547 $1,718,857 Pandemic mass migration – People were home more… Read More

Halloween Photography

Kinder Family Halloween

October 1, 2021October 12, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Wicked fun from The Kinder homestead, corner of Jamison Creek Road and Highway 236. You can set your seasonal clock to these locally beloved creative displays in Boulder Creek. Thanks for the smile…every time! And Happy Halloween! Photo by Julie Horner #halloween #happyhalloween #sanlorenzovalley Read More

Astrology Columns

Astrology: October’s Scorpio Season

September 30, 2021October 12, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

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! This month we move from Libra into Scorpio season, the sign most evocative of autumn, the falling of the leaves, a necessary time of death and decay, so that we can all start… Read More

Column Alison Steele Columns Food & Drink

Peach & Blackberry Bourbon Corn Cake

September 25, 2021June 13, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Alison Steele Returning to our mountain garden after two months away is quite magical. Pumpkins hang from the vine, towering sunflowers guard entranceways, ripe tomatoes and peppers peek out from under the weeds. There are, however, always a few casualties. Our peach tree had split straight down the middle despite my efforts to twist off what seemed like a… Read More

Fire Recovery Infrastructure Local News

Power Outages: PG&E Responds

September 24, 2021October 9, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Staff Report Thanks to citizen outrage and outreach to PG&E over frequent and increasing power outages in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the public utility held an online community meeting on September 24. Residents and recent outage maps reported dozens of service interruptions lasting from 45 minutes to 9 hours or more. The problem arose after PG&E installed their new tripwire… Read More

UCSC professor David Lee TEDx Santa Cruz photo by Mary Andersen

Local News Tech

UCSC Students Use Technology for the Good of SLV Nonprofit

September 21, 2021March 23, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Chris Finnie UCSC associate professor of Computational Media David Lee says engineering students are strongly motivated by using technology to make a difference in their local communities. So, when the Baskin School of Engineering (BSOE) at UCSC decided to start a pilot program matching up local businesses and organizations with campus technology resources, professor Lee offered to helm the… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Grüss Dich! Ready for Oktoberfest!

September 21, 2021October 6, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Greg Roe and Mike De Smidt Oktoberfest. It’s one of the first things many of us think of when we think of Germany. However, it’s not so much a German thing, but a Bavarian thing; Bavaria being the largest of Germany’s sixteen states and situated in the southeastern part of the country. Contrary to what many think, Oktoberfest actually… Read More

Column: Antonia Bradford Fire Recovery Local News

County Supervisors Fail to Ease Rebuilding Rules for CZU Survivors

September 17, 2021June 20, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Antonia Bradford “We are up against a very strict timeline and the insurance companies don’t care if they make us homeless. Ironically, just this morning I got an email from Nationwide stating that we have till April to build our home. That’s 8 months from now!” – Julie Lucia, Fallen Leaf Neighborhood “Homes that are still standing and located… Read More

Events

10/9 Oktoberfest 2021 Tyrolean Inn

September 16, 2021October 6, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

This Saturday, October 9 at 5:00 pm. Event by Tyrolean Inn Restaurant Come celebrate Oktoberfest the Tyrolean style in a COVID-19 era! Delicious food, live polka music, and plenty of beer to bring us through the season! Only $12 per personSaturday, October 9th from 5:00PM to 9:00PMSunday October 10th from 3:00PM to 7:00PM Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/3023738104507038 Read More