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Meet Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark

March 22, 2025March 22, 2025 Jennifer Mount

By Jennifer Mount In December, Undersheriff Chris Clark succeeded Jim Hart as Santa Cruz County Sheriff. Clark is an 18-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office and was appointed unanimously by the county’s Board of Supervisors in August 2024 after Hart retired with four years remaining in his elected term. Clark is a graduate of California State University, Sacramento where, inspired… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: March 21-23

March 21, 2025March 22, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of live entertainment for the weekend of Friday, March 21 through Sunday, March 23, 2025! We’ve rounded up all the great music we could find at Santa Cruz County’s best eateries and music venues. There’s plenty of variety to choose from wherever you may roam!

Friday, March 21 Mountain Community… Read More

Education Schools

2025 Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee Winners

March 19, 2025 slvpost.com

Congratulations to local winners of the 2025 Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee, Elementary Division Grades 4-6. Pictured here: Horace Dong of Scotts Valley Middle School – 2nd place, Emerson Brunner of Scotts Valley Middle School – 1st place, and Cooper Slavich of Boulder Creek Elementary School – 3rd place. More results from the Santa Cruz County Office of Education: In… Read More

Food & Drink

Fermented Cabbage

March 15, 2025March 15, 2025 Thomas Andersen

By Tom Andersen Cabbage is arguably one of the most humble of all the vegetables but with a rich history and some awesome fun facts. Here are a few of them: They have been cultivated for over 4000 years; 1000 years ago they cured baldness (wish I knew what happened to that strain); children, of course, come from a cabbage… Read More

Music

Mountain Pro Jam: Sunday Music Showcase at Henflings Tavern

March 14, 2025March 15, 2025 slvpost.com

By Michele Murphy Back in June 2015, Ben Lomond resident and local guitar player Dan Odom, who lives a few miles from the historic Henflings Roadhouse and Tavern, noticed that Monday evenings at the venue were the only times the place seemed to be quiet each week. So, eager to meet and play with like-minded local musicians, he approached the… Read More

Entertainment Music

Sugar in My Bowl: Buffalo Blues Trio Raises the Vibration

March 14, 2025March 22, 2025 slvpost.com

By Julie Horner Santa Cruz Mountains locals Michele Murphy, Diane Bock, and Ramon Marc Butler share a love of the blues. The spark for their group, the Buffalo Blues Trio, was struck in 2018 when Michele and a girlfriend went to see the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, A Night With Janis Joplin at the Santa Cruz Civic. “I was on… Read More

Business Government

Cannabis Retailers Seek Permitting for On Site Consumption

March 10, 2025March 18, 2025 slvpost.com

Supervisor Monica Martinez has posted an alert about an item on the Tuesday March 11 Board of Supervisors meeting agenda. The Board will consider amendments that would allow two cannabis retailers along Highway 9 — one in Felton and one in Boulder Creek — to apply for permits for on-site consumption, similar to a bar. “The County has been working… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Fire Recovery Gardening

Fire Resistant Planting

March 9, 2025March 14, 2025 slvpost.com

By Josh Reilly It’s been just over four and a half years since the CZU fire. Some folks are back in new homes or will be soon. Many have moved elsewhere and are starting new gardens. So I offer these suggestions, with much respect, to encourage awareness of fire in your new plantings. You already have an almost impossibly complicated… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Real Estate Market News

March 5, 2025March 14, 2025 M.C. Dwyer

By M.C. Dwyer Septic Disclosure Update Santa Cruz County just extended the acceptable timeframe for home sellers’ Septic Point of Sale Disclosure from 6 months to one year. The point of sale requirements include leach field flow tests on their ability to absorb a brief plumbing problem. The new form still allows a seller to transfer repairs to a buyer.… Read More

Parks Recreation

Felton Pump Track Update: Designs Completed, Fundraising Kicks Off

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 slvpost.com

Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship, the nonprofit spearheading the design and implentation of a new pump track at Felton Covered Bridge Park, has annnounced designs completeds and a shift into a fundraising phase. In a statement in SCMTS’ recent newsletter, organizers confirm, “Today, we’re pleased to announce that the Felton Pump Track is moving forward! All designs and approvals for… Read More