Boulder Creek Trick-Or-Treat Street

Tuesday, October 31 | 5 pm – 7 pm. Historic Downtown Boulder Creek, CA. A parade of frights and delights takes over the downtown district; local merchants hand out candy. Costumed fun for all ages, legendary in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  Read More

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, October 28 | 11 am – 2 pm. Historic Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery, Harmon Street, Boulder Creek. Third annual spooky scavenger hunt is fun for the whole family. Wear your finest Halloween attire and send the kids out looking for goodies among the stones. Free.  Learn about Boulder Creek history. Discover local place names from those who rest here.… Read More

Annual Pumpkin Carving/Decoration Contest

Stop by and pick up your FREE pumpkin, October 28,29 and 30 anytime between 11am-4pm. Carve or decorate to your heart’s delight at home. Then drop off your Jack-O-Lantern no later than 3pm on October 31st at Century 21 Showcase, 13117 Highway 9 in Boulder Creek. Vote for your favorite pumpkin on Halloween night during Boulder Creek Trick-or-Treat Street from… Read More

Haunted Walk of Terrors

Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28 | 7 pm – 8:30 pm. Boulder Creek Recreation and Parks District Bear Creek Community Center, 15685 Bear Creek Road, Boulder Creek. Plus open house with activities for kids of all ages Friday | 3 pm – 8 pm. Tickets: bcrpd.org Read More
Art Boulder Creek 

Boulder Creek Elementary Sensory Path

Boulder Creek artist and BCE parent Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes brightens the schoolyard and encourages kids’ health with the completion of a “sensory path” at the campus in Boulder Creek, California. By Julie Horner On a scorching mid-August afternoon, a sole painter with a clutch of brushes dabs details in acrylic onto a banana slug on a log floating down a… Read More
Camp Krem Boulder Creek Sean McLean Columnists Fire Local News 

Dark Clouds and Silver Linings

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
Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery Columnists Columns Fire History 

IOOF Cemetery: Boulder Creek’s Overlooked Treasure

The Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery By Julie Horner, Lisa Robinson, and Nick Morris Tucked quietly into Ben Lomond Mountain where few know to tread, the CZU Lightning Complex fire paid a visit to the Boulder Creek Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery. The lush woods behind the cemetery are burned to the gates, and the undergrowth of ivy, huckleberry,… Read More