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Community Relief: Fire Families Not Forgotten

January 15, 2021March 18, 2021 slvpost.comfire recovery0 comment

Community Relief resumes on Saturday, January 19 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm and consecutive Saturdays with funding to last through April. “The needs aren’t going to go away, so we’ll be working on funding ongoing.” Read More

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Local Treasures Preserved: Update on the Boulder Creek Library Renovation

January 14, 2021May 14, 2022 slvpost.comArt, libraries, local art0 comment

Renovation at the Boulder Creek Library is underway. The library temporarily closed in March, 2020 for a much needed upgrade using Measure S funds, but the project was stalled by contractor bidding issues, the pandemic, and then the fire. Santa Cruz Public Libraries Regional Manager, Laura Whaley, said, “It took so long to get to this point.” Read More

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Government Local News

1/28 ADU Code Update Community Meeting

January 9, 2021January 26, 2021 slvpost.comADU0 comment

The County of Santa Cruz Planning Department is hosting an online ADU Accessory Dwelling Unit meeting on Thursday, January 28 at 6:00 pm. The county updated their local ADU regulations in 2020 in response to new state laws. County officials now seek to streamline the approval process with additional regulations. Read More

Local News Recreation

Winter Hikes: Seeking Sun and Shaking the Blues

January 8, 2021January 26, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Winter Hikes at Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve, Quail Hollow Ranch Park, Grey Whale Ranch Read More

Entertainment Music

Surrounded: A Song (and a Year) for Awakening

January 8, 2021January 17, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Lyndsay Stone As you read these words, I invite you to notice the parts of your body that are in contact with the ground. Take a deep breath. Become aware of the position you’re in. Are you comfortable? Is there another position that would feel more fitting? The above, a “check-in” with how we are feeling physically, is a… Read More

Education Local News

County Board of Education Addresses Governor Newsom’s Safe Schools for All Plan

January 8, 2021January 15, 2021 slvpost.comeducation, SLVUSD0 comment

The county's collective district superintendents released a press statement this week providing an update on their alignment with Governor Gavin Newsom's Safe Schools for All Plan. Takeaways include support for financial incentives for elementary schools to open in hybrid format and a stance that Newsom's requirement for weekly testing would be neither feasible nor necessary in Santa Cruz County. Read More

Columns Water

Infrastructure: Are We Safe?

January 7, 2021January 14, 2021 slvpost.comwater0 comment

Infrastructure: Water, Transportation, Energy in San Lorenzo Valley Santa Cruz Mountains Read More

Charlie Crocker and Zonehaven evacuation tool

Columnists Fire Recovery Local News

Deep in the Zonehaven

January 6, 2021March 18, 2021 slvpost.comCZUFire, evacuation, wildfire, zonehaven0 comment

Charlie Crocker founded Zonehaven, the evacuation planning and support tool that kept us glued to our phones during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in the San Lorenzo Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains region Read More