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Governor Newsom Issues Regional Stay-At-Home Order

December 3, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comCOVID-190 comment

Due to increasing cases of COVID-19 Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered non-essential travel to be restricted for 3 weeks for regions with less than 15% ICU capacity. Gatherings of any size will be prohibited, the order closes many businesses except for critical infrastructure and retail, and requires enforced mask-wearing and social/physical distancing. Retail would be limited to 20% capacity, take… Read More

Columnists Community Local News

Gathering the Good

December 2, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comBig Basin, wineries0 comment

The 2020 Estate vintage is lost. The vines are still heavy with fruit that will now be cut away, too smoky to be palatable. “The grapes are way off the scale smoke damaged,” Big Basin winery owner Bradley Brown said. Workers in the field have dropped the clusters off the vine onto the ground. “It’s kind of sad. They look... Read More

Art Education Local News

CA Coastal Commission Art & Poetry Contest

December 2, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comArt0 comment

Students in grades K through 12 are invited to submit their original art and poetry to the California Coastal Commission’s Coastal Art & Poetry Contest. All entries must have a California ocean or coastal theme. Last day to enter is January 31 2021. Review contest guidelines at https://www.coastal.ca.gov/art-poetry/#guidelines. The event is sponsored by Acorn Naturalists. For more information, or to… Read More

Animal Rescue Santa Cruz Mountains San Lorenzo Valley

Columnists Fire Recovery Local News

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

Commentary Environment Local News

Commentary: Support for Resolution Against PG&E

December 1, 2020December 12, 2020 slvpost.comCZUFire, environment0 comment

Your speedy endorsement action is needed to support the proposal of Supervisor Bruce McPherson and Ryan Coonerty: ‘Resolution to support the County of Santa Cruz Filing a Formal Complaint Against PG&E with the CPUC’ Your response of support will show your PG&E tree removal concerns to the Board of Supervisors. PG&E has applied tree removal methods that are investigated by CalFire… Read More

Animal Rescue Columnists Fire Local News

Stationed Without Sanction

November 6, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comanimal rescue, CZUFire0 comment

Boulder Creek Native Leads the Second Responders By Julie Horner Ryan Okrant was born and raised north of Bear Creek Road in Boulder Creek. When he heard that his parents had been evacuated from the CZU fire, he hopped on the first plane he could get. He had seen on social media that pet owners were agonizing over not being… Read More

Columnists Fire Local News

Clearing the Way

November 5, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.comCZUFire0 comment

Bruce Baker Falls Danger Trees Head On By Julie Horner Here’s to the unsung timber fallers who just go home after the day’s work. “They eat good, sleep good, get up in the morning, and be an athlete,” says Boulder Creek’s Bruce Baker. “A timber faller doesn’t last forever. They get injured or worse. I’m living a dream in real… Read More

Community Fire Local News

The Little Red Schoolhouse on Alba Road

November 4, 2020November 20, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

By Lucia MacLean It stood for 125 years. Since the day it was built in 1895 it has been a rallying point for the local community. It first saw service as a grammar school and Sunday School, always morphing into whatever the community needed. When the neighborhood needed mail service, or seeing the road maintained, it provided a central focal… Read More

Columnists Fire Local News

Dark Clouds and Silver Linings

November 3, 2020March 18, 2021 slvpost.combouldercreek0 comment

Camp Krem Spirit Undaunted After Fire By Julie Horner Founded in 1957 by special needs educator, Alex Krem, Sr., Boulder Creek’s family run campground created especially for “giving exceptional people the opportunity to be themselves” has succumbed to the CZU August Lightning Complex fire. The CZU fire destroyed 20 buildings in all including the rustic Jon Lucchese Center, and has… Read More

debris flow evacuation map San Lorenzo Valley Bonny Doon

Fire Local News

Debris Flow Evacuation Map Released

November 2, 2020November 15, 2020 slvpost.com0 comment

Map shows San Lorenzo Valley, Bonny Doon, Davenport, and Swanton locations most likely to face evacuation orders due to debris flow hazard risk during the upcoming rainy season. County Press Release: County Press Release: Following the 2017 Thomas Fire in Santa Barbara County, debris flows – fast-moving, deadly masses of mud, rocks, boulders, entire trees – around the community of… Read More