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Old Watering Trough on Highway 9

November 8, 2026November 8, 2026 Lisa Robinson

By Lisa Robinson As you travel north from Santa Cruz to Felton along Highway 9, just past Rincon, there is an old concrete watering trough. Bull teams were once watered at this trough, and later it became a resting stop for horse teams hauling lumber to Santa Cruz. In 1934, in an effort to reduce nighttime accidents, the state highway… Read More

Events Live Music

What’s Happening This Weekend: Friday Nov 6 – Sunday Nov 8

November 6, 2026November 6, 2026 slvpost.com

Here’s the Santa Cruz County & Santa Cruz Mountains Weekend Roundup, Friday, November 6 through Sunday, November 8! Listings are organized by day, then by town, starting in the San Lorenzo Valley. Enjoy! 🍂🎶🎨 ~ ALL WEEKEND ~ — SAN LORENZO VALLEY — 🎭 “Shrek The Musical JR.” 📍 SLV Performing Arts CenterFriday & Saturday 7:00 pm | Sunday 2:00… Read More

San Lorenzo Valley High School Multicultural Club

Schools

Multicultural Clubs Thrive at San Lorenzo Valley Schools

November 3, 2026November 3, 2026 slvpost.com

Students at San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District are running multicultural clubs on elementary, middle and high school campuses, choosing for themselves which cultures, traditions and holidays to study and then finding ways to share what they learn with other students. Boulder Creek Elementary School’s Multicultural Club The clubs have taken on Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, Jewish Heritage… Read More

Astrology

Striving Toward Equity | November 2026 Horoscope

November 2, 2026November 2, 2026 Catie Cadge, PhDnovember 2026 horoscope

By Catie Cadge PhD November opens with Venus retrograde in Libra, 26°03’, forming a flowing trine (120°) to the north node of the Moon in Aquarius November 1st and then a soft sextile to Jupiter in Leo, 24°43’, by the 4th. Also on the 4th, Mercury retrograde conjuncts Sun, 12°10’ Scorpio, creating some misunderstanding and mistrust around the time of… Read More

Reyneri family Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Parks

$6 Million Gift Will Build Big Basin’s New Interpretive Center

October 31, 2026October 31, 2026 slvpost.com

By Mary Andersen Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks announced that the Reyneri family of Los Altos has given $6 million to build the Redwood Ecology Interpretive Center at Big Basin Redwoods State Park, covering the full cost of construction. The Friends describe it as the largest private gift in the park’s history. “A transformational gift for Big Basin!” the… Read More

Column: Tom Andersen Columns Food & Drink

Labneh Balls in Olive Oil

October 25, 2026November 8, 2026 Thomas Andersenfermented foods, labneh, labneh balls, yogurt cheese

Made from homemade yogurt By Tom Andersen Sometimes when I make yogurt I make a whole gallon — simply because milk is cheaper by the gallon. A whole gallon of yogurt, however, is way more than two of us can eat, even if I make most of it into ice cream. In the Middle East and Central Asia, though, they… Read More

Columns Gardening Wildlife

What a Corridor Is, and Why It Fits in a Mountain Yard

October 20, 2026November 6, 2026 Linda Skeffmountaingarden, wildlifecorridor, wildlifegardening

By Linda Skeff Wildlife has a tunnel under Highway 17 at Laurel Curve. The animals chose the location. Years of camera surveys, roadkill records, and collar data showed where they were already trying to cross, and the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, Caltrans, the UC Santa Cruz Puma Project, and Pathways for Wildlife built there. A bobcat used it… Read More

Buzzards Roost in Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

Hikes Photography

Above the Fog at Buzzards Roost

October 19, 2026November 3, 2026 slvpost.combigbasin, buzzardsroost, santacruzmountains

Remember the view from Buzzards Roost? This trail is still closed as Big Basin recovers from the 2020 CZU fire, but we can’t wait to see it again. The hike starts near park headquarters and follows routes like the Pine Mountain Trail for a roughly 4.6- to 5-mile round trip, gaining about 1,200 feet along the way. It’s a steady… Read More

Columns Real Estate Tourism

Nobody Wants to Visit Santa Cruz County? Not So Fast.

October 19, 2026October 31, 2026 slvpost.comboardwalk, realestate, santacruz, SantaCruzCounty

By MaryBeth McLaughlin In real estate, we like to say it’s all about location. But every location has a backstory, and in Santa Cruz County that backstory often explains why things are the way they are today: why a parking lot sits where it does, why so much of our redwood land is protected, why a university sits on a… Read More

Pedestrian safety town hall with Supervisor Monica Martinez

Government Infrastructure Local News

Felton Sidewalk Project: Caltrans Town Hall Set for October 22 at SLV High

October 18, 2026October 23, 2026 slvpost.com

Residents who want to learn more about the pedestrian safety work underway in Felton will get a chance to hear directly from Caltrans this week. Santa Cruz County 5th District Supervisor Monica Martinez is hosting a town hall on Thursday, October 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at San Lorenzo Valley High School (7105 Highway 9, Felton).… Read More