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MC Dwyer Boulder Creek CZU Lightning Complex Fire

An Impossible Reality

October 15, 2020September 28, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer On August 16th, we woke up at 3:00 am and went outside to watch a bizarre dry summer lightning storm. As lightning zig zagged across the skies overhead, booming thunder quickly followed. We went back to sleep. By Tuesday afternoon, Boulder Creek was shrouded in smoke and stifling hot. The evacuation warning for our home came at 8:00… Read More

Jane Mulcaster Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Columns Environment

Why Trees (and Human Spirits) Endure

October 15, 2020November 9, 2020 slvpost.comBig Basin, bigbasin, climate0 comment

Nature builds resilience into our bark By Jane Mulcaster Girl Scouts Meg Mulcaster, Narya Bower, and Maggie Fry from Campbell troop 62301 explore fire-scarred redwoods outside the Big Basin Visitor Center in April, 2018. As the sun sank behind the trees at the upper campground in Big Basin State Park in early April 2018, the mercury dipped into the 40s,… Read More

Local News Valley People

The House That Town Built

October 5, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comboulder creek, halloween0 comment

By Melinda McNutt Houses. They hold our souls. After all it’s within the bones of their walls that we seek refuge when times are rough. They are the sacred sanctuary we seek at the end of a long day or journey. They provide a roof that unconditionally shields us from all things falling our way and supports our right to… Read More

Fire Local News

Debris Flow Task Force in Motion

October 2, 2020October 30, 2020 slvpost.comdebrisflow, felton, feltonfire, fire, wildfire0 comment

A task force has been assembled and discussions have begun regarding the hazards of debris flows in the Santa Cruz Mountains CZU Lightning Complex burn zones. Winter rains are expected to trigger flooding and the accumulation of rock, earth, and tree debris can flow rapidly causing further damage to properties already impacted by the fire. Felton Fire Chief Bob Gray… Read More

Bonny Doon Community Local News

Home

October 2, 2020October 28, 2020 slvpost.comartists, BonnyDoon, czulightningcomplex, musicians0 comment

By Suzy Norris We’re home. Our birds are ecstatic as they burst out of that little confining cage and fly and fly, singing and twirling around their living room…joyjoyjoy! Doggies are not quite so sure…kinda scared and clingy, but picking up steam as we wander around exploring our new world of ash and burned leaf cinders, old and young smoke,… Read More

Fire Letters Local News

Letters: Majestic Places

October 2, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comBig Basin, czulightningcomplex, Little Basin, majestic places, redwoods0 comment

Big Basin has been my most favorite place since I was 5 years old! It is the oldest CA State Park and home to some of the oldest largest trees on the planet. Grizzly bears used to roam free, and if you go up the mountain, you can still see grizzly bear claw marks, all the way down the side… Read More

Community Fire Local News

Friends of Last Chance

October 2, 2020October 23, 2020 slvpost.comczulightningcomplex, last chance, Swanton, wildfire0 comment

By Melinda MacNaughton Hello Last Chance. I grew up on South Pine and my folks lived there for many years after I moved on. Some of you might remember them, Jim and Mary George. My mom was a huge horse person, she started Last Chance 4-H Club and had quite a few of the kids ride with her and Emma… Read More

Letters: Water isn’t about politics; it’s about people

October 1, 2020May 17, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

As a current and outgoing director for the SLV Water District it has been a privilege to work with this Board and for the people of the San Lorenzo Valley. From an insider’s perspective, it has been very civil, even when directors have differing views, and we have gotten the job done, especially through the many emergency meetings during the… Read More

Letters: Beth Thomas a great choice for SLV water board

October 1, 2020October 20, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

I have known Beth Thomas for over 40 years as an educational associate, and as a friend. Beth isone of the most insightful and resourceful individuals I’ve had the privilege to know. Herexperience as a labor leader, a consensus maker, and visionary alone makes Beth a qualifiedleader for the SLV Water Board position now facing the voters of the Valley.… Read More

Letters: Beth Thomas and Lew Farris Stand Out

October 1, 2020October 20, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

I am among an overwhelming majority who voted for change in the 2018 SLV water district election. Thetwo areas that needed a drastic turnaround were in financial oversight and setting policy; both requiredto set the district back in the right direction. We as a community greatly benefited when we elected anew board who took these duties seriously, resulting in the… Read More