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Reimagining Big Basin: A Vision for Recovery

August 10, 2025August 23, 2025 Mary Andersen

By Mary Andersen Image above: The proposed Saddle Mountain welcome center will provide an entry to the park, welcome center and shuttle parking to access the park on weekends. The hub will will overlook a restored meadow and include a park store and bistro. Nearly five years after the CZU Lightning Complex Fire tore through California’s oldest state park, the… Read More

Business Food & Drink

Tae’s Edo Sushi Celebrates Dedicated Following

August 9, 2025August 17, 2025 slvpost.com

Santa Cruz Mountains Dining Treasure By Julie Horner Longtime sushi chef and food and beverage professional Tae Song has anchored Edo Sushi in Boulder Creek for more than 11 years. An elevated dining treasure among the burgers and tacos in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Tae honors his original sushi chef Jay Ham, and his hard working staff, as well as… Read More

Obituaries

Donald C Matteson, 1961–2025

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025 slvpost.com

Donald C Matteson, our beloved little brother and longtime resident of Boulder Creek, CA, passed away March 5, 2025. Known to his friends as “Don” and to his family as “D.C,” he was proud that his middle name was the letter “C.” Our parents named him after our mother’s father, whose middle name was Clifton, but wanted to break with… Read More

Fire Departments Local News

Report urges Felton Fire to consider taxing residents or dissolving

August 8, 2025August 17, 2025 Jesse Kathan

About 6,000 residents in Felton Fire Protection District could soon face proposals for a new tax. (Stephen Baxter – Santa Cruz Local file) By Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz Local This story was originally published by Santa Cruz Local. Sign up for their weekly newsletters. FELTON >> Felton residents may soon face a proposal for a new tax as local regulators pressure Felton… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: August 8-10

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for Friday, August 8 through Sunday, August 10, 2025! We’ve rounded up all the great music we could find at Santa Cruz County’s best eateries and music venues and thrown in all the local festivals and fairs. Enjoy all there is to do in Santa Cruz County!… Read More

Festivals

KBCZ Music Festival Rocks Boulder Creek

August 7, 2025August 10, 2025 slvpost.com

By Julie Horner The KBCZ Music Festival celebrates its 8th anniversary Saturday, August 9 from 1 to 7pm in Boulder Creek! An idea sparked by KBCZ alum Matt Buchanan (DJ Matt Slayershoes, now of Balefire Brewing fame), this year the event moves from Junction Park downtown to the larger Garrahan Park, on Highway 9 two miles north of town. There… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: August 15-17

August 7, 2025August 18, 2025 Julie Hornerlive music

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for Friday, August 15 through Sunday, August 17, 2025! We’ve rounded up all the great music we could find at Santa Cruz County’s best eateries and music venues and thrown in all the local festivals and fairs. Enjoy all there is to do in Santa Cruz County!… Read More

Tressel Fire Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department

Fire Fire Departments Local News

Multi-Agency Response Contains Tressel Fire in Boulder Creek

August 3, 2025August 9, 2025 slvpost.com

Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire with extention into wildland on Tressel Pass Road north of town. Ben Lomond Fire Department, Felton Fire Protection District, Scotts Valley Fire District, Santa Cruz Fire Department, CAL FIRE CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit, AMR, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, Cal Trans, and PG&E provided additional support. While the structure… Read More

Sunflowers and star trails in a summer garden

Astrology Columns

Summer Fun and Joy: August Astrology

August 2, 2025August 9, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD Warm August days are upon us, Santa Cruz stargazers, and how appropriate for the final weeks of Leo season! We cherish each other with some good ol’ fashion summer fun and joy. The month starts out with Venus in Cancer at 01°37’ forming a square with Saturn retrograde in Aries at 6:34 am Pacific time, August… Read More

Connie Moreno Peraza Santa Cruz County Health Services Department

Government Local News

Connie Moreno-Peraza Named New Director of Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency

July 31, 2025August 8, 2025 slvpost.com

The County of Santa Cruz has appointed Connie Moreno-Peraza, MSW, LCSW, as the new Director of the Health Services Agency (HSA), effective September 1, 2025. A seasoned health care leader with a career spanning multiple California counties, Moreno-Peraza brings expertise in behavioral health, equity-focused care, and public sector innovation. Most recently, Moreno-Peraza served as the Assistant Director for Behavioral Health… Read More