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Santa Cruz Live Music Weekend Roundup: June 20 – 23

June 18, 2024June 24, 2024 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music0 comment

Live Music Santa Cruz! The weekend roundup of concerts and festivals. Easy at-a-glance quick reference music guide. By Julie Horner Wednesday, June 19 Poi Rogers w/ Carolyn Sills at The Crepe PlaceWednesday, June 19 | 5:30 – 7:301134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz Marty Dolciamore at Chaminade ResortWednesday, June 19 | 5:30 – 8:30One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz Pacific Roots at… Read More

Ben Lomond Environment Local News

California Monarch And Pollinator Habitat Project Approved

June 18, 2024June 20, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

The Ben Lomond Village Alliance (BLVA) California Monarch And Pollinator Habitat Kit project has been accepted into the Pollinator Habitat Monarch Conservation program through the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in Sacramento. Out of 200 applicants, the BLVA project was chosen and the plants will be installed at Ben Lomond County Park on Mill Street as part of an ongoing… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

Raised Garden Beds

June 15, 2024June 20, 2024 slvpost.comsummer gardening0 comment

By Josh Reilly Gopher protection is necessary in San Lorenzo Valley gardens, unless you are willing, over the long term, to endure an almost 50/50 casualty rate. You may need protection against other pests as well. And your local soil may lack nutrition and tilth. For all these reasons raised beds may be a good choice for vegetables, herbs, perennials… Read More

Art Fire Recovery Local News Outdoors

Art in the Park: Big Basin’s Transformation

June 14, 2024June 19, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

From Devastation to Inspiration Through Art By Jennifer Mount This past Mother’s Day, I asked my children to take a hike with me in Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Big Basin had been a longstanding camping tradition for our family but the boys had refused to return since the fire. I thought Mother’s Day would be an opportunity where I… Read More

sasquatch san lorenzo valley boulder creek

Business Main Street SLV Valley People

Only in the Santa Cruz Mountains: The Sawmill Sasquatch Commercial

June 12, 2024June 19, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

There have been reported sightings of Sasquatch in the Santa Cruz Mountains for many years. Some claim to have seen glimpses of the large, hairy creature while hiking or camping in remote woods. Recently, locals found Sasquatch in broad daylight on our main thoroughfare participating in a commercial shoot for the popular Sawmill Restaurant & Alehouse in Boulder Creek. Aaron… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Could the Housing Market be Shifting?

June 11, 2024June 19, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer For years, everyone in the housing market has been lamenting the housing shortage – not enough homes for sale to satisfy buyer demand. That created a sellers’ market with multiple offers leading to rising home prices. But recently I’ve watched a new trend emerging on my daily hotsheet on the MLS: the number of homes sold has… Read More

Shannon Lorraine and Arindam Krishna Das

Events Health Music

Sound Vibration: Kirtan and the Krishna Consciousness

June 9, 2024June 15, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Arindam Krishna Das HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE This is the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. Some of you may know It well, some may have heard The Devotees chanting It on Pacific Avenue, most everyone has heard It in George Harrison’s song “My Sweet Lord.” Chanting and meditating on this Mantra… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz Live Music Weekend Roundup: June 13-16

June 8, 2024June 18, 2024 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music0 comment

Live Music Santa Cruz! The weekend roundup of concerts and festivals. Easy at-a-glance quick reference music guide. By Julie Horner Thursday, June 13 Karaoke at Apple Jack’sThursdays | 3:30 – 11:008790 La Honda Rd, La Honda Flypaper Blues @ Music in the ParkJunction Park Swimming HoleThursday, June 13 | 4:00 – 7:0013264 Middleton Ave, Boulder Creek Whiskey Hill Billies at… Read More

Column: Antonia Bradford Columns Food & Drink

Spicy Braised Oxtail Sopes

June 7, 2024June 15, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

By Antonia Bradford Food is one of the main love languages in my home. We show our love by feeding you, and feeding you well. My husband works incredibly hard for our family and after a particularly strenuous week I decided to make him something incredibly special: salsa roja braised oxtails sopes. Sopes are a kind of tartlet made from… Read More

Santa Clara Valley Model T endurance race

Events Local News

Model T Ford Club Hosts Rally in the Mountains

June 6, 2024June 14, 2024 slvpost.com0 comment

On Sunday, June 9th, the Santa Clara Valley Model T Ford Club hosts its 53rd Annual Endurance Run and Lowland Tour. Historic vehicles called “Speedsters” and other vintage motorcars from 1900-1945 will rally through the mountain and coastal towns of Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond, Felton, Santa Cruz, Davenport, Pescadero, San Gregorio, and La Honda as their drivers and riding… Read More