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By Catie Cadge PhD Ah, the sunny days of Fall, or Second Summer, are here in Santa Cruz. October can be such a beautiful time and the cosmic weather at the start of the month sets the mood for good conversation along with creative fun. Mercury in Libra, 22°34’, squares Jupiter in Cancer, October 1st, at 1:59 pm Pacific time.… Read More

Wild Blackberry Pie

September 28, 2025October 10, 2025 Robin Horn

By Robin Marie Horn It’s the end of blackberry season here in California. No more berries at the farmers markets, but they’re still ripening along fences and in fields here and there. There are fewer blackberries than in summer, but most berry pickers have forgotten about them. So it’s the perfect time for the last blackberry pie of the year.… Read More

Sports

Renegades Win Gold

September 24, 2025October 8, 2025 slvpost.com

The SCM Renegades have done it again, winning five games in the row at the NCS Fastpitch Central California Breast Cancer Awarenness Tournament to win gold. The tournament was held in Paso Robles the weekend of September 20 and 21. Pitcher/Third Base Sonya Padilla was named MVP. Pictured here: Top Row Left to Right: Coach Tera, Skylar, Kyla, Maddie, Rori,… Read More

Outdoors Parks Recreation

Miller Property County Park

September 13, 2025December 28, 2025 Mary Andersen and Julie Horner

Secluded Boulder Creek Property Opens to the Public By Mary Andersen and Julie Horner Here in the Santa Cruz Mountains, we’re blessed with a multitude of beautiful open spaces to explore – state and local parks, conservation areas, thousands of trails and plenty of riverside beaches. Now, a Boulder Creek property long earmarked for broader public access has officially joined… Read More

Entertainment Music

This Close! Keepers of Local Music-Making

September 3, 2025October 8, 2025 Julie Hornerlocal bands

By Julie Horner Many a band has formed over a craft brew, and This Close! is one of them. The guys remember meeting each other at Boulder Creek Brewing Company where guitarist Pete Catizone brewed for ten years before moving to Faultline Brewing in Sunnyvale in 2003, and then over to Steel Bonnet Brewing in Scotts Valley. Peter and rhythm… Read More

Columns Gardening

Finding Balance in the Garden

August 30, 2025October 4, 2025 slvpost.com

Mindful choices in the garden invite a balanced, thriving landscape. (Photo by Naoki Suzuki) By Josh Reilly What follows is not intended to keep you out of our SLV nurseries or garden centers. Just the opposite. I hope you go. I just want you to pause and think before doing it. There are dragons at the temple gate. The path… Read More

Astrology Columns

Your Soul’s Path and Calling | Astrology September 2025

August 29, 2025October 4, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD September’s cosmic weather begins with Saturn retrograde reentering Pisces at 1:06 am PDT, September 1st. The ringed planet remains in the sign of the fishes until mid-February, 2026. Saturn continues to be in range of a conjunction with Neptune at the beginning of Aries throughout September. Saturn asks us to define and give structure to our… Read More

Ben Lomond Festivals

A Wee Bit o’ Scotland Comes to Ben Lomond: Oct 4 Scottish Day

August 29, 2025October 8, 2025 slvpost.com

By Blake Holiday On a crisp autumn afternoon this month, the hum of bagpipes will drift across Mill Street, echoing through the redwoods and announcing that something special is happening in Ben Lomond. The small mountain village, named more than a century ago by a Scottish immigrant who missed the hills of home, will come alive with tartans, music, and… Read More

Felton Fire Protection District Department

Fire Departments Government

Felton Fire to Hold Special Meeting on Proposed Parcel Tax

August 29, 2025October 8, 2025 slvpost.com

By Mary Andersen The Felton Fire Protection District (FFPD) has scheduled a special Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. to discuss a proposed $700 flat parcel tax that could significantly impact Felton residents, renters, and business owners. The meeting, expected to draw a large crowd, will take place in the FFPD Training Room at… Read More

Columns History

Filming the Elephant Anna May 1922

August 28, 2025September 28, 2025 slvpost.com

By Randall Brown In the spring of 1922 Boulder Creek welcomed the return of the movie people. Location scouts for the Thomas Ince company, searching for a place to film a picture, in “a wooded country with no snow,” with “plenty of river and mountain scenery,” found the town ideally suited their plans. A crew of carpenters went to work,… Read More