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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

Sports

Step Back in Time: A Day of Vintage Baseball and Community Fun in Santa Cruz

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 slvpost.com

Baseball fans and history buffs alike are invited to step back in time on Saturday, August 2, when Santa Cruz Seals team up with the Bay Area Vintage Base Ball League for a one-of-a-kind 3-game exhibition and community fundraiser. The event will take place at Harvey West Park, Field #6, and promises a fun-filled afternoon of 19th-century baseball, local flavor,… Read More

Entertainment Live Music

Santa Cruz County Live Music Weekend Roundup: August 1-3

July 28, 2025August 8, 2025 Julie HornerEntertainment, live music

🎶Live Music Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for Friday, August 1 through Sunday, August 3, 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

Fire Recovery Local News

CZU Lightning Complex Fire: Five Years Later, a Community Commemorates

July 28, 2025August 3, 2025 slvpost.com

Pictured above, a commemorative quilt titled New Growth by quilt artist Laura Fogg. For the Big Basin Art About project Laura wrote, “My assumption, upon visiting Big Basin for the first time after the fire, was that I would be witness to total devastation. Instead I found myself surrounded by health. Almost all of the burned trees are sprouting vigorous… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Loquat Wine

July 20, 2025August 2, 2025 Thomas Andersenwine

By Tom Andersen The loquats are out and they won’t last long. In my neighborhood it’s the squirrels vs. man – that being me, although this year they are also taking on my cats. The cats crouching behind the screen door, squirrels sitting in the loquat tree confident that the door is latched, taking one small bite and throwing the… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

California Housing – A Story of Strain and Strength

July 13, 2025August 2, 2025 slvpost.com

Today’s housing market is facing a “triple threat” — rising prices + insurance premiums + interest rates By M.C. Dwyer From the rural Santa Cruz & Los Gatos Mountains through Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz, my review of May’s MLS single family home sales in our micro-region revealed a telling trend: 70% of the 74 homes that sold, sold for… Read More

San Lorenzo Valley Fire Safety Simulation Trailer

Fire Local News

Cutting Edge Fire Safety Training Comes to SLV Students and Community

July 11, 2025July 31, 2025 slvpost.com

Students in the San Lorenzo Valley have firsthand knowledge of the devastation fire can leave behind. The community is still far from recovery after the August 2020 CZU Fire. Fire safety and fire prevention in our communities are a top priority, now more than ever. Thanks to a federal grant, the community has access to specialized education that will empower… Read More