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Time to Shine | Astrology July 2025

July 2, 2025July 13, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge, PhD Summer greetings, Santa Cruz stargazers. July continues to bring some challenging moments ripe for personal growth, but also some possible tension. The month starts with Jupiter in Cancer moving ahead in the sign, but still in range of a square to Saturn and Neptune in early Aries. This ongoing square has been rattling our world since… Read More

Columns History

Boulder Creek Fire | Local History

June 26, 2025July 4, 2025 slvpost.com

In March 1982, the Boulder Creek Fire Department took delivery of a “new rescue truck.” Pictured above, l to r: Bud Tomlin, Jack Kunz, and Jay Baker. (Santa Cruz Public Library Special Collections) The Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department, established in 1892, emerged in response to two devastating fires in 1891 that nearly destroyed downtown Boulder Creek and the nearby… Read More

Columns Sports

Renegades Win Championships at Bownet June Jamz Tournament

June 19, 2025July 4, 2025 slvpost.com

SCM Renegades girls softball took home the SILVER Championship in the Father’s Day Bownet June Jamz Tournament at Alden E. Oliver Sports Park in Hayward, Ca on June 15. The team went undefeated through 6 games – 3 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday. These amazing young Ladies are unstoppable! Father’s Day dads are proud of their daughters as they hit, run, and… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Housing Market and Economic Update

June 10, 2025June 28, 2025 M.C. Dwyer

Fresh Momentum, but Lingering Questions By M.C. Dwyer The market is waking up. Here in the Santa Cruz mountains, the shift feels tangible. Buyers are re-emerging from their winter hibernation. Homes with character, cared-for land, or irresistible “mountain charm” are drawing interest. Recently, a home in Boulder Creek sold for about $200,000 over asking – but that’s not typical. Make… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

June in the Mountain Garden

June 8, 2025June 24, 2025 slvpost.com

By Josh Reilly The mad rush of May has passed. Spring garden vegetables are almost ready to harvest. But not quite. The burst of mid-April color is fading a bit. Spanish and French lavenders are bravely holding on, their gloriously saturated purple petals catching and drinking in the afternoon light. English Lavenders are just starting to bloom, their smaller, more… Read More

Astrology Columns

Astrology: Welcome to Summer!

June 2, 2025June 15, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD Welcome to summer, Santa Cruz stargazers! The highlight of June’s cosmic weather report is Jupiter and the Sun entering into Cancer this month. Jupiter travels through Cancer roughly every twelve years, so it is worth seeing where the sign of the crab falls in your natal chart. Here we tend to see the glass half-full now… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Economic Roller Coaster Impact on Spring’s Housing Market

May 21, 2025June 8, 2025 M.C. Dwyer

By M.C. Dwyer As economic policy changes continue to be announced, the resulting gyrations in financial markets suggest that the latest strategies from the Administration have introduced economic risks and uncertainty. “There’s so much uncertainty; things can quickly change,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS®. “Once conditions improve for mortgage rates and inventory, pent-up demand… Read More

Astrology Columns

May Astrology: Healing Division

May 5, 2025May 17, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhD

By Catie Cadge PhD May opens with the Moon “out of bounds,” at extreme declination, in Cancer, May 1st and 2nd. International Workers’ Day coincides with the ancient Celtic holiday of Beltane, celebrating the height of spring. We begin with a drive for unconventional and alternative ways of healing division, in tune with a love of family and homeland. The… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

Spring Gardening Rituals: Weeding and Tending Soil

April 12, 2025April 18, 2025 slvpost.comgardening

By Josh Reilly I’m Weeding in the Rain, I’m Weeding in the Rain! Watching Spring rainfall is one of the most satisfying, if maddening rituals of gardening. The rhythmic drumming of rain on the roof brings relief and joy, partly because in California drought is the default, water is expensive, and hot, dry conditions can bring real destruction. We hope,… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

Different Markets, Different Directions

April 8, 2025April 15, 2025 slvpost.com

By M.C. Dwyer Last month, there were 14 single family home sales in the San Lorenzo Valley – about the same as January, about 8% more than in February 2024. The number of sales is too small to be statistically accurate, but it seems clear prices rose (3% for the month and 13% for the year). Yet, a full 25%… Read More