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Woodmill Band Music Valley People 

Grist for the Mill: WoodMill Band Blends the Best of the Valley

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By Mary Andersen and Julie Horner There’s something about the Santa Cruz Mountains that brings musicians together. When local songwriter Dave Miller joins longtime friends and fellow mountain players, something magic happens. That spirit has taken shape in WoodMill, a new band blending country, rock, and Americana into a sound as natural as the redwoods surrounding them. “I’ve been performing… Read More
Santa cruz mountains state parks Fire Departments Local News 

California State Parks Continues Pile Burning in Santa Cruz Mountains

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California State Parks is conducting pile-burning operations across several mountain parks in Santa Cruz County, with work continuing as weather and air-quality conditions allow through April 2026. Roughly 400 burn piles are planned across Big Basin Redwoods, Castle Rock, and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Parks, including the Fall Creek Unit. The burns support long-term forest health and wildfire resilience. At… Read More
Entertainment Live Music 

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

Julie Horner,
🎶 A Comprehensive Listing of Live Music in the Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the weekend of Friday, December 12 through Sunday, December 14, 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… Read More
Entertainment Live Music 

Santa Cruz County Live Music Roundup: December 17 – 21

Julie Horner,
🎶 A Comprehensive Listing of Live Music in the Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the weekend of Wednesday, December 17 through Sunday, December 21, 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… Read More
Bonny Doon CZU Fire Fire Recovery 

Five Years After the CZU Complex Fire, Bonny Doon is Smaller, but Closer.

Max Guerra
By Max Guerra Five years after the CZU Complex Fire burned over 80,000 acres and destroyed 911 homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, only 160 have been rebuilt, leaving many neighborhoods dramatically transformed and still grappling with the long road to recovery. Rebuilding in the burn scar of the CZU fires has come with complex barriers. Local bureaucracy ensures that… Read More
Entertainment Live Music 

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

Julie Horner,
🎶 Live Music Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Cruz County! Here’s the roundup of concerts and live entertainment for the weekend of Friday, December 5 through Sunday, December 7, 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. We even… Read More
Yuletide Solstice Blessings Astrology Columns 

Yuletide Solstice Blessings | December Horoscope

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By Catie Cadge PhD Holiday greetings, Santa Cruz County stargazers! Yuletide solstice blessings to everyone. December begins with a Full Moon, 13°03’ Gemini, on the 4th at 3:14 pm Pacific time. A “supermoon,” La Luna is also “out of bounds” at extreme declination. An out-of-bounds Moon gives it an unconventional spin, a heightened emotional time when the Moon is beyond… Read More
MA San Lorenzo River Felton Environment Local News Water 

SLV Water District and Use of Pesticides on Watershed Lands

Mary Andersen
By Mary Andersen The San Lorenzo Valley Water District’s (SLVWD) Integrated Pest Management Policy (IPMP) was created in response to a 2019 ban on glyphosate for district properties. That ban followed community-driven environmental and health risk concerns raised in 2017 and during the 2018 SLVWD board elections. However, the policy’s language and implementation have allowed continued use of other pesticides, such as… Read More