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Fire Recovery

From the Ashes: Last Chance Strong

November 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comfundraiser0 comment

By Asia Carpenter My parents along with their entire community of Last Chance recently lost their home and nearly everything they owned to the CZU Lightning Complex Fires. My parents built this home by hand over 30 years ago. It was the only family home that my brothers and I knew. My brothers, both firefighters, continued for days to fight… Read More

Astrology Columns

NOVEMBER’S COSMIC WEATHER REPORT FROM CATIE CADGE

November 1, 2020December 12, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge Welcome to the Santa Cruz Cosmic Weather Report – Evolutionary Astrology of the moment, your moment in time, our collective moment of change! Early November is Scorpio season, a time for regeneration. I love the Japanese expression, mono no aware, the fleetingness of life. Leaves change and fall, everything eventually fades, all passes away so life can… Read More

Columns Fire Music

We Will Dance and Smile Again

November 1, 2020December 10, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

By Jon Payne This house, this land, this community was at the center of the universe to me. It was a special house, built and designed in a 70s lodge style by a family who lived in it for decades. It dawns on me, as it has before, that other people have held this home deeply in their hearts and… Read More

Columns Health

Running Down Adrenals

November 1, 2020January 1, 2021 slvpost.comhealth0 comment

Adrenal health and natural remedies. Health and wellness article from Jen Padgett of Aum Herbs Apothecary in downtown Boulder Creek. Read More

Art Business Fire Recovery

Illustrated by History

November 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comalba schoolhouse, ben lomond0 comment

By Emily Johnson Illustrated by its history, the Alba Schoolhouse, located just two miles above the town of Ben Lomond, has always been a prime example of perseverance. In the fall of 1895, the one room schoolhouse was built because children had to walk too far to get to and from school everyday; a distance which the superintendent at the… Read More

Letter to Santa Cruz County 5th District Supervisor

November 1, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.com5th District Supervisor1 Comment

Dear Bruce McPherson, I write to you today as a member of the community in which you are supervisor. I lost my home to the CZU August fire on 8/20/2020 in Boulder Creek in the Fallen Leaf neighborhood. It has been an absolutely devastating event to say the least, not only to my family of seven but our entire neighborhood… Read More

Wendy Vogelsang Santa Cruz County Emergency Animal Shelter

Fire Local News

Safely to Shelter

November 1, 2020September 22, 2023 slvpost.comsanta cruz county0 comment

Volunteering at the Emergency Animal Shelter during the CZU Fire By Wendy Volgelgesang I don’t recall when I’ve felt more helpless than during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. Learning about friend’s homes burning to the ground, and the overall magnitude of displacement and loss in the community sent me into a state of anxiety, sadness, and helplessness that I couldn’t… Read More

Columns Fire History

The Big Fire

November 1, 2020November 14, 2020 slvpost.comfire, SanLorenzoValley, the big fire0 comment

By Randall Brown The summer of 1904 in California was hot and dry. Labor Day marchers in Santa Cruz sweltered under record high temperatures and the following day was hotter. Then, early Wednesday morning, the town’s electric system shut down. “All street cars were stopped,” reported the Sentinel, “and an almost weird quiet as of some impending calamity reigned throughout… Read More

Columnists Columns Welcome

Abundance

November 1, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner Live music has made a cautious comeback in Santa Cruz County and evenings are full to brimming. Felton Music Hall and Michael’s on Main have flung their doors wide to offer distanced dining with a show weekend nights. Other venues with outdoor spaces like the Summit House on Highway 17, Redwood Pizzeria in Felton, and Davenport Roadhouse… Read More

Columnists Columns Fire History

IOOF Cemetery: Boulder Creek’s Overlooked Treasure

November 1, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.combouldercreek, cemetery0 comment

The Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery By Julie Horner, Lisa Robinson, and Nick Morris Tucked quietly into Ben Lomond Mountain where few know to tread, the CZU Lightning Complex fire paid a visit to the Boulder Creek Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery. The lush woods behind the cemetery are burned to the gates, and the undergrowth of ivy, huckleberry,… Read More