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Felton Fire Protection District Department

Felton Fire to Hold Special Meeting on Proposed Parcel Tax

August 29, 2025October 8, 2025 slvpost.com

By Mary Andersen The Felton Fire Protection District (FFPD) has scheduled a special Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. to discuss a proposed $700 flat parcel tax that could significantly impact Felton residents, renters, and business owners. The meeting, expected to draw a large crowd, will take place in the FFPD Training Room at… Read More

Columns History

Filming the Elephant Anna May 1922

August 28, 2025September 28, 2025 slvpost.com

By Randall Brown In the spring of 1922 Boulder Creek welcomed the return of the movie people. Location scouts for the Thomas Ince company, searching for a place to film a picture, in “a wooded country with no snow,” with “plenty of river and mountain scenery,” found the town ideally suited their plans. A crew of carpenters went to work,… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: September 19-21

August 27, 2025September 25, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the weekend of Friday, September 19 through Sunday, September 21! 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… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: September 12-14

August 27, 2025September 25, 2025 Julie Horner

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the weekend of Friday, September 12 through Sunday, September 14! 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… Read More

Columns Livestock

So You Want to Keep Chickens

August 27, 2025September 7, 2025 slvpost.com

The Starter Park By Laura Testa-Reyes (AKA Chicken Lady) Welcome to the world of backyard chickens! If someone was to ask me for advice on what they should know before keeping chickens, my first answer would be to make sure they have a coop that can’t be broken into. The second bit of advice I would give is to get… Read More

History Local News

FaceTime: Portraits from the Past at SLV Museum

August 27, 2025September 3, 2025 slvpost.com

A portrait exhibition titled FaceTime opened in June at the San Lorenzo Valley Museum’s Grace Episcopal Gallery in Boulder Creek. The exhibition features artwork and photographs of local residents spanning one hundred years from the 1870s to the 1970s. Alice Hesse, featured on the exhibition flyer above, graduated from Boulder Creek High School in 1921 and from UC Berkeley in… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: September 5-7

August 26, 2025September 8, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the weekend of Friday, September 5 through Sunday, September 7! 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… Read More

Columns Columns: Tom Andersen Food & Drink Recipes

Spicy Fermented Honey

August 23, 2025August 30, 2025 Thomas Andersen

By Thomas Andersen Of course most of us think of the Viking mead when there is mention of fermented honey. Mead, if you have never had it, is a little sweet and quite complex in flavor because honey itself is as varied as the pollen from which it is made. It can also be quite potent, beyond 15% alcohol even.… Read More

Local News Public Safety

New Sheriff’s Service Center to Open in Davenport

August 23, 2025August 30, 2025 slvpost.com

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors has approved a new Sheriff’s Service Center in Davenport to enhance public safety and serve the growing needs of the North Coast community. The decision comes in response to increased visitorship following the opening of the Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument and upcoming projects like the North Coast Rail Trail. To be located at… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: August 29-September 1

August 22, 2025September 2, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for Labor Day weekend 2025: Friday, August 29th through Monday, September 1st! 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… Read More