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Exalting the Female By Julie Horner Tara Robertson is a born and raised Santa Cruz County photographer who sees beauty all around. “There is something special about freezing that moment in time,” she said, “a moment that will never happen again.” With an eye for shooting breathtaking landscapes along the coast, she has in the last decade developed a unique… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: January 16 – 19

January 16, 2025January 17, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

Live Music Santa Cruz! Here’s the roundup of live entertainment for the weekend of January 16 through January 19, 2025! 🎶 There’s something for everyone! Celtic 🎻 Jazz 🎷 Bluegrass 🪕 Rock n’ Roll 🎸 And more! Enjoy! 💃 Thursday, January 16 Kyle Kovalik at Jack O’Neill LoungeThursday, January 16 | 4:00 – 7:00175 W Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz Hot… Read More

Gardening

January Frost in the Winter Garden

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025 slvpost.com

By Josh Reilly In January, perhaps more than any month, I appreciate the big south-facing window looking out onto my garden. I can see almost the whole backyard without having to step outside, crunching through the film of frost that forms in the shade of my neighbor’s 120-foot Ponderosa pines. Inside of the window, it’s about 40 F warmer than… Read More

Esak Ordonez, a Mutsun Tribal member and local resident lights a prescribed burn.

Fire Recovery

The Scientific Benefits of Prescribed Fire and Forest Stewardship

January 11, 2025January 11, 2025 slvpost.com

By Barbara Satink Wolfson, David Benterou, and Jared Childress On a recent crisp fall day, we had the privilege to assist a cultural burn with Yurok Tribal members on their ancestral lands in Northern California. During a conversation about goals with the Yurok burn boss in charge, he suggested we take a field trip to a nearby ridge where the… Read More

A mossy oak at Quail Hollow Ranch County Park

Outdoors

Among the Oaks and Manzanita at Quail Hollow Ranch

January 7, 2025 slvpost.com

Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, tucked in a sunny valley in Felton, is one of Santa Cruz County’s hidden treasures. Once a working horse ranch and the test kitchen for Sunset Magazine, the park is now a 300-acre Natural Reserve with rare habitats like the Santa Cruz sandhills, a dwarf redwood forest, and the tallest Red Willow in California. Visitors… Read More

Columns Local History

Filling Stations in Ben Lomond | Local History

January 6, 2025January 19, 2025 slvpost.comben lomond, filling stations, history, san lorenzo valley0 comment

By Ronnie Trubek Gasoline powered automobiles became popular in the 1920s as motorists enjoyed a new sense of mobility and adventure. In the early days, travel required careful planning, and gassing up was always a priority. Initially, gasoline had to be obtained at “bulk depots” where fuel was provided in cans or other containers. Later, a horse-drawn wagon loaded up… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: January 8 – 12

January 6, 2025January 19, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

Live Music Santa Cruz! Here’s the roundup of live entertainment for the weekend of January 8 through January 12, 2025! 🎶 There’s something for everyone! Jazz 🎷 Bluegrass 🪕 Rock n’ Roll 🎻 And more! Enjoy! 🤘🎸 Wednesday, January 8 Karaoke at Apple Jack’sWednesdays | 3:30 – 10:008790 La Honda Rd, La Honda Yuko Uno 80s Rock at Chaminade Resort… Read More

Photography

A Healthy Start to the New Year!

January 2, 2025January 12, 2025 Julie HornerBig Basin, hiking

Even in winter’s chill, the regrowth at Big Basin Redwoods State Park post-CZU fire is fresh and inspiring! Crews have opened some new trails since we visited last month, and there are handsome new footbridges spanning Opal Creek as it wends through the recovering forest! Photos by Julie Horner If you go Park Information including trail availability and amenities: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540… Read More

Astrology Columns

Astrological Reading for the New Year

January 1, 2025January 11, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD Happy New Year, Santa Cruz stargazers! This month’s astrology article is a special edition to ring in 2025! I’ll start with a brief overview of January’s changing sky. Then I’ll look into the months ahead and see what’s in store throughout the year. Lots of exciting news for me to share. Master songwriter Robert Hunter captures… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Boza: A Fermented Beverage Made from Grains

December 28, 2024January 9, 2025 Thomas Andersenfermenter

By Tom Andersen Boza, also known as bosa, can’t quite decide if it’s a thick drink or a thin custard. Apparently it’s been all the rage in Turkey and the Caucasus for the last ten millennium or so but it’s finally making itself popular here. It is tangy, tart, rich and smooth. It’s drunk at room temperature or cool but… Read More