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The Big Fire of 1904 Columns Fire History 

The Big Fire

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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
November 2020 Oreo the Cat found Welcome 

Abundance

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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
Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery Columns Fire History 

IOOF Cemetery: Boulder Creek’s Overlooked Treasure

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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
Chris Finnie Debris Flows Columns Fire 

Winter Worry: Post-fire Debris Flows

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According to Kent Edler, assistant director of the county public works department, the fire burned the upper soil layers, creating water-repellent soil. Steep, burned, and denuded slopes deposit rocks, soil, and trees into drainages. Water will pocket and pond in areas where tree roots burned out. Water that used to flow underground might now flow overland. Debris can alter stream… Read More
Real Estate News San Lorenzo Valley Santa Cruz Mountains Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate 

Real Estate: Moving into Recovery

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Market Review: 3rd Quarter 2020 By M.C. Dwyer Average home prices rose again across our region during the third quarter (July 1st to September 30th). Several communities recorded all-time highs, including Boulder Creek, Felton, and the City of Santa Cruz. There simply aren’t enough homes for sale compared to the number of people who want to buy. Fueled by historically… Read More
Nancy Long Remembrance Obituaries 

A Life So Lush

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Nancy Long Remembered By Julie Horner Those who embrace the dragonfly as totem can’t help but shine their true colors. Defying categorization, Nancy Long was progressive, independent, earnest, and steady. Aquarius, mentor, teacher, ear, shoulder, pagan, she was so many things to so many people. Co-partner with Stephen Wyman at the legendary Boulder Creek Brewery, optimistic revolutionary at the Brewery… Read More
Jodi Frediani PG&E cutting redwoods Fire Letters Local News 

PG&E Tree Removal without Approval

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October 29, 2020  Dear Members of the Board of Supervisors, County Counsel Heath and County Administrative Officer Palacios, As your constituents and residents of Santa Cruz County and the San Lorenzo Valley and Bonny Doon, we are requesting that the Board more closely examine PG&E’s actions following the CZU fires. We are concerned that PG&E is using the fire aftermath… Read More
Boomer Boomeria Bonny Doon Community Fire Local News 

Boomeria – The King Always Wins

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Boomeria in Bonny Doon Suffers a Scorching By Julie Horner In Bonny Doon the Warnella Fire and the Waddell Fire combined to make a firestorm. The fire climbed up into the Santa Cruz Mountains burning most everything in its path. Boomeria, built by the Boomers starting around 1957, survived by the heroic efforts of friends and neighbors. A colorful Renaissance… Read More
Love 22 2020 Presidential candidate Election Valley People 

Love 22 – Former Lompico Resident’s Presidential Write-In Campaign

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By Chris Vaughan Among the notable distinctions attending this month’s presidential election, former Santa Cruz mountains resident Love 22’s record-setting eleventh consecutive write-in candidacy likely falls low on the recognition meter, but is perhaps the least likely to be duplicated any time soon. “Pat Paulsen and Harold Stassen gave it a good run but they can’t run any more because… Read More
CZU Fire Drone Imagery Fire Local News 

Sheriff’s Dept Releases Before & After Drone Imagery #CZUFire

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The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Team has released before and after drone imagery of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire burn zone. Multiple Bay Area law enforcement agencies contributed to the mapping project. View the Before/After Swipe Map here: https://arcg.is/1OWbb5 CZU Fire 360 Panoramas Map: https://arcg.is/05GDab Read More