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Roy’s Market Felton

January 30, 2025February 2, 2025 Thomas Andersen

By Tom Andersen I still can’t keep the name of the market at the crosswalk on Highway 9 in Felton straight. It doesn’t matter. To the folks of my generation it will always be Roy’s, like, you know, turn right at Roy’s and go through the parking lot; then turn right to get to the covered bridge. Or, I have… Read More

Local News Photography

Fallout Continues After Moss Landing Battery Fire

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 Julie HornerLocal News, Photography

Sarah Williams of Sarah Star Photography captured this haunting view of the recent lithium battery fire — called the world’s largest — which ignited at Vistra Energy Corporation in Moss Landing on Thursday, January 16, 2025. The image shows the Santa Cruz Breakwater (Walton) Lighthouse at the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor with the fire approximately 23 miles in the… Read More

Local News Obituaries

Robert W. “Bob” Piwarzyk 1937 -2025

January 26, 2025February 2, 2025 slvpost.com

By Stephen Homan Robert W. “Bob” Piwarzyk was born in October of 1937. He grew up in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He liked school, he liked sports, and he enjoyed ice skating, swimming, and skiing. Bob held the rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts of America. In Bonny Doon, he is known as Bonny Doon Bob, Brickbat Bob, and Historian Bob.… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Butternut Sage Soup

January 25, 2025February 20, 2025 Robin Horn

By Robin Horn Several years ago, I attended a music workshop in chilly (to Californians) Whidbey Island, WA. Not only did Ruzivo — a traditional Zimbabwean and contemporary Afropop ensemble — teach us three songs for 8-piece marimba ensembles in less than 48 hours, each band member was also responsible for feeding us a delicious meal. This warming soup hit… Read More

Art Photography

Tara Robertson Photography: Art of the Pin-Up

January 19, 2025February 1, 2025 Julie Horner

Exalting the Female By Julie Horner Tara Robertson is a born and raised Santa Cruz County photographer who sees beauty all around. “There is something special about freezing that moment in time,” she said, “a moment that will never happen again.” With an eye for shooting breathtaking landscapes along the coast, she has in the last decade developed a unique… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

2025 Housing Forecast: Calm Transition or Chaos?

January 13, 2025January 30, 2025 M.C. Dwyer

Economists are Cautiously Optimistic By M.C. Dwyer The 2025 economic and housing outlook for California and the U.S. is a mixed bag: forecasts predict modest price growth and a slight rebound in the number of sales. But costs constrain home buyers — California’s affordability just dropped to a depressingly low 14%, about half the rate of 30% back in 2020… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

January Frost in the Winter Garden

January 12, 2025January 29, 2025 slvpost.com

By Josh Reilly In January, perhaps more than any month, I appreciate the big south-facing window looking out onto my garden. I can see almost the whole backyard without having to step outside, crunching through the film of frost that forms in the shade of my neighbor’s 120-foot Ponderosa pines. Inside of the window, it’s about 40 F warmer than… Read More

Esak Ordonez, a Mutsun Tribal member and local resident lights a prescribed burn.

Fire Recovery Local News

The Scientific Benefits of Prescribed Fire and Forest Stewardship

January 11, 2025January 26, 2025 slvpost.com

By Barbara Satink Wolfson, David Benterou, and Jared Childress On a recent crisp fall day, we had the privilege to assist a cultural burn with Yurok Tribal members on their ancestral lands in Northern California. During a conversation about goals with the Yurok burn boss in charge, he suggested we take a field trip to a nearby ridge where the… Read More

A mossy oak at Quail Hollow Ranch County Park

Outdoors Recreation

Among the Oaks and Manzanita at Quail Hollow Ranch

January 7, 2025January 25, 2025 slvpost.com

Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, tucked in a sunny valley in Felton, is one of Santa Cruz County’s hidden treasures. Once a working horse ranch and the test kitchen for Sunset Magazine, the park is now a 300-acre Natural Reserve with rare habitats like the Santa Cruz sandhills, a dwarf redwood forest, and the tallest Red Willow in California. Visitors… Read More

Columns Local History

Filling Stations in Ben Lomond | Local History

January 6, 2025January 19, 2025 slvpost.comben lomond, filling stations, history, san lorenzo valley0 comment

By Ronnie Trubek Gasoline powered automobiles became popular in the 1920s as motorists enjoyed a new sense of mobility and adventure. In the early days, travel required careful planning, and gassing up was always a priority. Initially, gasoline had to be obtained at “bulk depots” where fuel was provided in cans or other containers. Later, a horse-drawn wagon loaded up… Read More