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FIRMS FIre Information Management System

NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System

August 22, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comfire, wildfire0 comment

The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) distributes Near Real-Time (NRT) active fire data within 3 hours of satellite observation from both the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Read More

Fire Local News

Satellite Imagery CZU August Lightning Complex Fire

August 22, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comfire, wildfire0 comment

Satellite Imagery CZU August Lightning Complex Fire Read More

Community Fire

CALTOPO CZU Fire Map Highway 9

August 22, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comfire, SanLorenzoValley, wildfire0 comment

View the map here: CALTOPO Highway 9 Fire Map From the CALTOPO.com website: CalTopo is the creation of Matt Jacobs as a solution to some challenges facing search and rescue members. Matt recognized some of these problems as a member of a search and rescue organization in the San Francisco Bay area in 2010. CalTopo was launched as a tool… Read More

Fire Local News

Santa Cruz Mountains Wildfire Update

August 22, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comSanLorenzoValley, wildfire0 comment

Wildfire updates Santa Cruz Mountains #czuaugustlighteningfires Read More

Election Politics

Voting While Evacuated

August 21, 2020September 25, 2021 slvpost.comPolitics0 comment

By Chris Finnie For many of us right now, November seems like a long way away. And the election may not be high on our list of priorities. But ballots will be mailed out on October 5, and I had questions about whether or not I would get my ballot and voter’s guide if I’m still not able to live… Read More

NWCG Fire Incident Map San Lorenzo Valley Bonny Doon

Community Fire Local News

NWCG Active Fire Detection Satellite

August 21, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comfire, wildfire0 comment

National Interagency Fire Center Satellite Map with Fire Perimeter https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/?fbclid=IwAR3673fqT99dMyV5b9jHJL-Auv83Q8XyaoyNSGUQHVcI2DTY3DlLREkcbTg#/%3F/EditLayerFireWeather/37.1018/-122.1105/12 Read More

San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District 2020 2021 school year plans

Education

SLVUSD Launches the School Year with Mission Possible Theme

August 17, 2020August 22, 2020 slvpost.comeducation, schools0 comment

San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District SLVUSD introduces initial plans for the 2020-2021 school year with the theme of “Mission Possible.” Read More

Local News Public Safety

Board of Supervisors Approve Defunding of Sheriff’s Felton Substation

August 11, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comCrime, felton, public0 comment

County of Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors approve elimination of Felton Sheriff's substation Read More

Art Columnists Education Kids Local News

Turned Inside Out

August 4, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comArt, education, kids, schools0 comment

Sarah Nielsen and Boulder Creek's Art Lab has moved operations completely out of doors to her newly acquired 20-acre property in the hills across from Camp Joy Gardens Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

Yuccas and Other Spiky Plants

August 4, 2020June 7, 2023 slvpost.comgardening0 comment

Yuccas. An easy, overused California garden cliché? A lazy, drought-tolerant landscape filler? Something to plant at the far end of the property where the hose doesn’t reach? Read More