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Commentary: Support for Resolution Against PG&E

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Your speedy endorsement action is needed to support the proposal of Supervisor Bruce McPherson and Ryan Coonerty: ‘Resolution to support the County of Santa Cruz Filing a Formal Complaint Against PG&E with the CPUC’ Your response of support will show your PG&E tree removal concerns to the Board of Supervisors. PG&E has applied tree removal methods that are investigated by CalFire… Read More
Columns Environment 

Forest and Habitat Explored

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By Zane Moore White ash blankets the forest, in some places even up to a foot thick. Much of the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains, in areas that receive the most rainfall and have the highest biomasses—mainly the old growth redwood forests of Big Basin—were burned. Sadly, based on recent satellite imagery (worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov), it appears that most of this… Read More
Fall Garden San Lorenzo Valley Columns Gardening 

The Valley Gardener: Digging Deep into Autumn

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By Marielle Martin As fall folds toward winter it’s time to get into the garden and prepare for new weather. We’re lucky here in the Santa Cruz Mountains, blessed with a mild autumn favorable to working outside. Aside from our evergreens, colder temps lay much in the garden bare, exposing the bones or architecture of our outdoor spaces. Those bones… Read More
Jayme Ackemann Ben Lomond California Columns Fire 

From Denial to Grief and Gratitude

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A firsthand perspective on surviving a fire that “couldn’t happen”  By Jayme Ackemann Every fire evacuation isn’t as dramatic as those middle-of-the-night knocks our neighbors in Boulder Creek got, but mine was every bit as terrifying. The CZU Lightning Complex fire evacuation order came down for Ben Lomond, the San Lorenzo Valley town where I live, on August 18. It… Read More