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Sheriff’s Dept Releases Before & After Drone Imagery #CZUFire

October 16, 2020November 2, 2020 slvpost.com#czulightningcomplex, CZUFire, droneimagery, wildfire0 comment

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Team has released before and after drone imagery of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire burn zone. Multiple Bay Area law enforcement agencies contributed to the mapping project. View the Before/After Swipe Map here: https://arcg.is/1OWbb5 CZU Fire 360 Panoramas Map: https://arcg.is/05GDab Read More

MC Dwyer Boulder Creek CZU Lightning Complex Fire

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Fire Local News Real Estate

An Impossible Reality

October 15, 2020September 28, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer On August 16th, we woke up at 3:00 am and went outside to watch a bizarre dry summer lightning storm. As lightning zig zagged across the skies overhead, booming thunder quickly followed. We went back to sleep. By Tuesday afternoon, Boulder Creek was shrouded in smoke and stifling hot. The evacuation warning for our home came at 8:00… Read More

Local News Valley People

The House That Town Built

October 5, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comboulder creek, halloween0 comment

By Melinda McNutt Houses. They hold our souls. After all it’s within the bones of their walls that we seek refuge when times are rough. They are the sacred sanctuary we seek at the end of a long day or journey. They provide a roof that unconditionally shields us from all things falling our way and supports our right to… Read More

Fire Local News

Debris Flow Task Force in Motion

October 2, 2020October 30, 2020 slvpost.comdebrisflow, felton, feltonfire, fire, wildfire0 comment

A task force has been assembled and discussions have begun regarding the hazards of debris flows in the Santa Cruz Mountains CZU Lightning Complex burn zones. Winter rains are expected to trigger flooding and the accumulation of rock, earth, and tree debris can flow rapidly causing further damage to properties already impacted by the fire. Felton Fire Chief Bob Gray… Read More

Bonny Doon Community Local News

Home

October 2, 2020October 28, 2020 slvpost.comartists, BonnyDoon, czulightningcomplex, musicians0 comment

By Suzy Norris We’re home. Our birds are ecstatic as they burst out of that little confining cage and fly and fly, singing and twirling around their living room…joyjoyjoy! Doggies are not quite so sure…kinda scared and clingy, but picking up steam as we wander around exploring our new world of ash and burned leaf cinders, old and young smoke,… Read More

Fire Letters Local News

Letters: Majestic Places

October 2, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comBig Basin, czulightningcomplex, Little Basin, majestic places, redwoods0 comment

Big Basin has been my most favorite place since I was 5 years old! It is the oldest CA State Park and home to some of the oldest largest trees on the planet. Grizzly bears used to roam free, and if you go up the mountain, you can still see grizzly bear claw marks, all the way down the side… Read More

Community Fire Local News

Friends of Last Chance

October 2, 2020October 23, 2020 slvpost.comczulightningcomplex, last chance, Swanton, wildfire0 comment

By Melinda MacNaughton Hello Last Chance. I grew up on South Pine and my folks lived there for many years after I moved on. Some of you might remember them, Jim and Mary George. My mom was a huge horse person, she started Last Chance 4-H Club and had quite a few of the kids ride with her and Emma… Read More

Cover Local News Photography

Paul Babb Lightning Photo

October 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comBonnyDoon, czulightningcomplexfire, Davenport, Photography, Swanton0 comment

Our October cover features an incredible photo by Bonny Doon resident Paul Babb that was taken during the lightning storm that precipitated the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. “I was standing on the cliff down by Shark Fin Cove taking pictures out to sea because of the lightning hitting the ocean. I turned around and looked up at the hill and… Read More

Farms Local News

Molino Creek Farms

October 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comDavenport, molino creek, Swanton1 Comment

By Dr. Grey F. Hayes A Look Back…the Fire Timeline Days before – a long, long heat wave! 94F or higher at the farm for several days, then…. Sunday August 16 2 am LIGHTNING! What a show!! Sheets of netted lightning all across the sky with a rolling ongoing thunder like the biggest timpani crescendo any sane orchestra has ever… Read More

San Lorenzo Valley Water District free meals

Fire Local News

SLV Water District Meal Distribution

September 24, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comfood distribution0 comment

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District is handing out free meals at their Operations Building at 13057 Highway 9 in Boulder Creek. Schedule: Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday From 12:00 noon to around 3:00 pm. The last of the food is usually distributed between 2:00 and 3:00, so get there early! Read More