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Coast Futura Santa Cruz rail Infrastructure Local News 

Accusations Abound as Electric Streetcar Demo Rolls Out

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By Jayme Ackemann A private excursion train operator is hosting a demonstration project for one vision of rail service using a “ZEMU,” or zero-emission multiple unit, that could operate on tracks between Watsonville and Santa Cruz. The Coast Futura, operated by TIG/m, offered tickets for two weekends in October to show Santa Cruz County residents what an electric streetcar might… Read More
Laura Davis The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother Daughter Story Books 

The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Personal Journey of Peace Building From Author Laura Davis

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“The white blanket barely rose and fell with her breath. How had she gotten so small? Could she really be the same woman I’d loved as a girl? Hated as a teenager? Characterized as a monster? Turned into a sometimes-friend? Mom and I had done better than anyone witnessing our estrangement had expected. Better than we expected. I’d invited her… Read More
Cemetery Felton California Local Haunts Local News 

Committed to the Earth: Jim Anderson and the Felton Cemetery

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By Julie Horner They dig everything by hand at the Felton Cemetery, according to groundskeeper, grave digger, and headstone setter Jim Anderson. Anderson is a member of the Felton Cemetery Association Board of Directors and has been the go-to for getting business done at this rustic memorial park at the corner of Felton Empire Road and Love Street since 2015.… Read More
Zonehaven evacuation map October 23 2021 Public Safety 

Debris Flow Evacuation Order Effective 8:00 am Sunday October 24

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The County of Santa Cruz has placed an evacuation order for the following Santa Cruz Mountains zones. Locate your zone at community.zonehaven.com and enter your address. Your address will correlate with one of these zones. Red means mandated evacuation order, yellow means evacuation warning. Deputies are going door to door at select addresses. Residents should register landlines and cell phones… Read More
The Mat laundromat in Boulder Creek Business Community 

The Joy of Socks

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The Best Washing Machines On Planet Earth… Seriously By Julie Horner “A laundromat is like a window into the soul of a community,” entrepreneur and longtime “laundry man” Brandon Parker said. “It’s about regular people coming to do this mundane chore all in the same place.” He sees it like cooking a big meal for a family gathering. “People come… Read More
Barn Own Santa Cruz Mountains Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening 

Wildlife in the Garden

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By Josh Reilly You don’t have to encourage wildlife in the garden. It’s there already. In fact, you are probably trying to do the opposite, at least when it comes to raccoons, mice, squirrels, insects, birds that eat seedlings, and those twin scourges of SLV gardens, gophers and deer.  Other visitors, however, are most welcome, if a bit hesitant or… Read More