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By Mary Andersen As summer ripens into fall, gardens throughout the San Lorenzo Valley are doing what gardens do best: going to seed. For local gardeners, that means now is the perfect time to start collecting seeds from maturing vegetables and flowers, and sharing them with neighbors through the Seed Library at the Felton Branch Library, a project of the… Read More

Water

SLV Water District’s Highland Tank Nearly Complete

August 7, 2026 slvpost.com

Construction of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District‘s Highland Tank is nearly complete. This grant funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP) is part of the District’s DWR Grants. These grants will be used to replace aging redwood tanks in the Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond, and Felton areas. These new steel tanks store up to 120,000 gallons of water, increasing storage capacity three… Read More

San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District

Traffic

Heading Back to School August 6? Plan Extra Time on Highway 9 in Felton

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 slvpost.com

School starts Thursday, August 6 for students in the San Lorenzo Valley — and construction on the Felton Pedestrian Safety Improvement Project will continue on Highway 9 as families return to their morning routines. What to Expect A temporary concrete barrier currently closes one southbound lane of Highway 9 approaching Graham Hill Road/Felton Empire Road. The barrier protects crews working… Read More

Astrology

August Horoscope: Artistic Expression and Creative Endeavors

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026 slvpost.com and Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD The beginning of August marks Lammas, an Old English harvest celebration. It is a time of summer’s greatest bounty from mother earth. Early August unfolds in the heart of Leo season! Leo the lion bursts forth with creative gifts, a generous spirit and a joyful expression of life. The height of summer is upon us in… Read More

Traffic

Highway 9 One-Way Traffic Control Continues the Week of August 3

August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 slvpost.com

Drivers on Highway 9 should plan for one-way reversing traffic control at several locations Monday through Friday during the week of August 3, 2026 both daytime and overnight. Here’s what’s happening, where, and how long it will last. Bridge Replacements North of Boulder Creek Crews are fully replacing two aging bridges north of Boulder Creek as part of the Highway… Read More

History Local News

Scotts Valley Marks 60 Years as a City of Its Own

July 31, 2026August 7, 2026 slvpost.comhistory, Scotts Valley

Reporting and recollections by Jay Topping Coming up this weekend! On Sunday, August 2nd, Scotts Valley will have a celebration of being an official city of its own. Until 1966, Scotts Valley was just a part of Santa Cruz, even though most people going back to the 1800s called it Scotts Valley after one-time owner and settler Hiram Scott, whose… Read More

Columns Environment Gardening

French Broom: The Plant That Fire Loves

July 28, 2026August 7, 2026 slvpost.com

From the Ground Up: Invasive of the Month: French Broom By Linda Skeff By now, French Broom (Genista monspessulana) is everywhere — blanketing hillsides, lining neighborhood roadsides, spreading in dense walls along Route 236 and Mount Hermon Road. It has been here so long that many of us barely notice it anymore. That familiarity is part of the problem. Introduced… Read More

Columns Real Estate

The Market Has Thawed: Buyers Are Back, Prices Are Steady, and Patience Pays Off

July 26, 2026August 4, 2026 slvpost.com

A review of 642 San Lorenzo Valley real estate listings shows buyers returning, inventory expanding, and prices holding remarkably steady. For this month’s analysis, I reviewed 642 residential listings throughout Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond, Brookdale, Felton, Mount Hermon, and Lompico from July 1, 2024 through June 2026. The results paint a picture of a market that is neither booming nor… Read More

Local News Weather

Wave‑Like Clouds Over the Santa Cruz Mountains

July 22, 2026August 3, 2026 slvpost.com

On a recent evening in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the sky looked more like the bottom of a rough ocean than a familiar blue dome. Those rolling, wave‑like clouds are an atmospheric feature called asperitas, shaped by invisible gravity waves and wind shear, and sometimes painted with pastel colors by a phenomenon known as cloud iridescence. Asperitas is a relatively new… Read More

Commentary Fire Departments Local News

Commentary: The Felton Fire Assessment Tax

July 17, 2026August 1, 2026 slvpost.com

By Luke Moeller We all support our local firefighters. When they run into a burning building, they are heroes. But the new funding system being pushed by the Felton Fire Protection District and their high-priced consultants, SCI Consulting Group, isn’t a standard public safety measure. It is a deeply flawed, legally shaky, and unconstitutional funding scheme that turns 300 years… Read More