Board of Supervisors Approve Defunding of Sheriff’s Felton Substation
County of Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors approve elimination of Felton Sheriff's substation
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Turned Inside Out
Sarah Nielsen and Boulder Creek's Art Lab has moved operations completely out of doors to her newly acquired 20-acre property in the hills across from Camp Joy Gardens
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Yuccas and Other Spiky Plants
Yuccas. An easy, overused California garden cliché? A lazy, drought-tolerant landscape filler? Something to plant at the far end of the property where the hose doesn’t reach?
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An Encounter with Michael Rugg and CapriTaurus Dulcimers
By Peter Tommerup with Julie Horner It began with a bike ride through the Santa Cruz Mountains on the summer day in 1974 that fundamentally changed my life. I was about to become a senior in college, was studying traditional Appalachian culture and folklore, and was learning to play the Appalachian mountain dulcimer — a 3-string hourglass shaped folk instrument…
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Open to Blank Walls: Making the Most of Moving Outdoors
By Julie Horner Even on the dark days, the sun always rises. Evan Borthwick, owner of Redwood Pizzeria in downtown Felton admitted, “This is a significant bottoming out.” But you can’t thread the needle during a pandemic. “Some people take risks; others are more cautious. We need to eat, and we miss our music.” It’s a trick of the light…
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Cosmic Weather Report August 2020
By Catie Cadge Welcome to the Santa Cruz Cosmic Weather Report – Evolutionary Astrology of the moment, your moment in time, our collective moment of change! August begins with the Full Moon in Aquarius at 11˚46’ on Monday morning, the 3rd, at 8:58 am, PDT. She looks large and beautiful in her waxing glory the night before, Sunday evening. Just…
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Gypsy Cowboy Bill Laymon: American Bass Player
San Lorenzo Valley musician Bill Laymon
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Real Estate: 2nd Q 2020 Market Review
SLV Homes By “M.C.” Dwyer Market Review: 2nd Quarter 2020 During the second quarter of 2020, average home prices rose across most of our region. San Lorenzo Valley 2nd quarter average single family home prices rose about 6% compared to the 1st quarter, and when compared to this time in 2019, stayed nearly flat while the number of sales rose…
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Commentary: Reimagining Public Safety
By Chris Finnie Defund the Police? I first heard of this on a sign held by a young man at a Boulder Creek Black Lives Matter protest. When I asked what he meant, he asked me, “Wouldn’t you rather see more money spent on education instead?” It turns out to be a bigger issue than that, with lots of different…
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Navigating School Contingencies
In May and June, when COVID numbers were declining because of two months of shelter-in-place orders, it seemed feasible to envision a fall where case numbers were low enough that students could return safely to campuses with safeguards in place and modified schedules. But as case numbers have soared across the state, and wait-times for COVID test results can stretch...
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