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SLV Support for Families

December 30, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comCZUFire, Holidays0 comment

Adopt-a-Family program brings relief during the holidays By Julie Horner With so many displaced by the CZU Complex Fire, Ben Lomond local Julie Zabalza came up with a plan to help bring some stress relief and a much needed feeling of support to valley families in need. “Around the middle of September, I had this idea to create an adopt-a-family… Read More

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Mountains of Wattles

December 18, 2020January 2, 2021 slvpost.comCZUFire, recovery0 comment

Team of Volunteers in Boulder Creek Stuffs Their Own By Joshua David Macha My family and I have lived north of town in Boulder Creek for seven years. We love this forest and its waterways, from drinking from the creeks to swimming in the summer. These amazing natural resources are the reason we live here. One night while evacuated I… Read More

Last Chance Community Post-Fire Watershed Defense Coalition

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Post-Fire Watershed Defense Coalition Takes Action

December 17, 2020December 31, 2020 slvpost.comCZUFire, recovery0 comment

By Beth Prentiss with Rebekah Uccellini Kuby and Tiffany Worthington While cooler weather and rains may spell relief for some people worried about wildfires, for others they mean a race against the clock to protect our waterways from toxic ash runoff before heavy rains begin. The Post-Fire Watershed Defense Coalition has been working non-stop since the wildfires to contain the… Read More

Animal Rescue Santa Cruz Mountains San Lorenzo Valley

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Heading Home

December 1, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comanimal rescue0 comment

Animal Rescue group reunites fire victims with their lost pets in the Santa Cruz Mountains Read More

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Hope Rising

December 1, 2020February 13, 2021 slvpost.comCZUFire, recovery0 comment

Lars Fabiunke shares his experience assisting victims of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. Read More

Albert the Peacock Last Chance Road Fundraiser

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Albert the Peacock Boulder Creek Strong Fundraiser

November 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comfundraiser0 comment

“A teeny teeny little creek in a deep ravine” provided a natural firebreak that saved Jenny Gosk’s home in Boulder Creek. “When we evacuated I took my iPad and drew the peacock—somebody posted him trotting along in the apocalypse and I used that as a basis. I used the time to not think about whether our house was there, or… Read More

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From the Ashes: Last Chance Strong

November 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comfundraiser0 comment

By Asia Carpenter My parents along with their entire community of Last Chance recently lost their home and nearly everything they owned to the CZU Lightning Complex Fires. My parents built this home by hand over 30 years ago. It was the only family home that my brothers and I knew. My brothers, both firefighters, continued for days to fight… Read More

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Illustrated by History

November 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comalba schoolhouse, ben lomond0 comment

By Emily Johnson Illustrated by its history, the Alba Schoolhouse, located just two miles above the town of Ben Lomond, has always been a prime example of perseverance. In the fall of 1895, the one room schoolhouse was built because children had to walk too far to get to and from school everyday; a distance which the superintendent at the… Read More

Letter to Santa Cruz County 5th District Supervisor

November 1, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.com5th District Supervisor1 Comment

Dear Bruce McPherson, I write to you today as a member of the community in which you are supervisor. I lost my home to the CZU August fire on 8/20/2020 in Boulder Creek in the Fallen Leaf neighborhood. It has been an absolutely devastating event to say the least, not only to my family of seven but our entire neighborhood… Read More