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Boulder Creek Community: A United Voice

September 13, 2022September 28, 2022 slvpost.com1 Comment

By Taylor Kimble As the world struggled with COVID-19 and its various complications, the Santa Cruz Mountains faced yet another life-threatening obstacle in August 2020: the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. The fire forced mountain residents to evacuate their homes and scatter to all corners of the country. In the wake of displacement, fear, and uncertainty, Jo Romaniello, a marriage and… Read More

Books Local News

Albert’s Ashes: A Peacock’s Tail

August 31, 2022September 15, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

Local Children’s Book Teaches Resilience By Julie Horner Jackie Hendricks remembers leaving early in the afternoon of August 18, 2020 when it started raining ash. “The news said the wind will blow it away,” so Hendricks went to her mother’s with only an overnight bag thinking it was going to be over soon. An English teacher at Santa Clara University… Read More

Local News Obituaries

Dr. Terry Hollenbeck 1945-2022

August 19, 2022September 3, 2022 slvpost.com4 Comments

Terry Albert Hollenbeck Dr. Terry Hollenbeck went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 2, 2022, at the age of 76. Born to Dr. Stanley Hollenbeck and Dorothy Franke Hollenbeck, he had an idyllic childhood growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His mother was a stay-at-home mom, while his father ran a busy medical practice. From early on, Terry… Read More

Blacksmith Hammer-In Roaring Camp Railroads

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Fire and Steel: Local Blacksmith Womans the Forge at Roaring Camp

August 18, 2022September 2, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner Anna Bobisuthi is a blacksmith and fabricator who creates art from steel, her hammer ringing clear and strong beneath the redwoods at Roaring Camp Railroads. The Boulder Creek native said, “I first started blacksmithing when I was 12, learning from books and then from YouTube.” Honing her skills first from a traditional fired forge and then from… Read More

Fire Recovery Local News

Remembering the CZU Fire Two Years Later

August 16, 2022August 31, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner It has been two years since the CZU Lightning Complex Fire unleashed its fury in the Santa Cruz Mountains, destroying 1,490 buildings including a number of historic structures and 911 residential homes. The fire wiped out entire communities, displaced hundreds of families, and blackened devastating swaths of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, parts of the Fall Creek… Read More

Column: MC Dwyer Fire Recovery Local News

CZU Fire Rebuilding by the Numbers

August 16, 2022September 28, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer As we approach the two year anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, I submitted questions to Santa Cruz County’s Recovery Permit Center at the Planning Department regarding the pace of rebuilding in the CZU zone. The following responses were provided via email from Carolyn Burke, Assistant Director at the Permit Center. Is it true that out… Read More

Fire Recovery Infrastructure Local News

PG&E Helicopter Activity in the Santa Cruz Mountains

August 11, 2022August 19, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has responded to multiple queries regarding the low-flying helicopter activity that began on Monday in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The utility is surveying power lines using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology. The activity will continue through August 22 according to a spokesperson. In a press statement, PG&E’s Communications Representative Mayra Tostado said,… Read More

Local News Outdoors Photography

Photographing Local Creeks

July 17, 2022August 8, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Bruce Sudweeks I have a chemical addiction to a compound that is composed of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom. I find it amazing that hydrogen gas and oxygen gas bond together to produce liquid water at temperatures between 32 degrees F and 212 degrees F. My addiction prompts me to SCUBA dive in Monterey Bay and… Read More

Fire Recovery Local News Outdoors

Big Basin Park Reopens July 22

June 30, 2022July 21, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Julie Horner Big Basin Redwoods State Park reopens on Friday, July 22, 2022, with limited day-use access by reservation only. The reservation system opens on Friday, July 1, 2022. The Redwood Loop near the former visitor center and approximately 18 miles of fire roads near the park’s core have been cleared for visitor access with limited services available. Highway… Read More

Column: Antonia Bradford Fire Recovery Local News

Barn Raising in the Mountains

June 20, 2022July 17, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

As the Two Year Anniversary of the CZU Fire Nears, Community Launches a Citizen-led Approach By Antonia Bradford The two year anniversary of the CZU Fire is rapidly approaching. As the smoke cleared and life returned to normal for the vast majority of the mountain, fire families who lost everything quickly realized the reality of our situations: we were underinsured.… Read More