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Succulent Pumpkin Decorating Workshop

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Pumpkin decorating with succulents! Get ready to unleash your creativity where you’ll learn to transform ordinary pumpkins into stunning displays! Join us for a fun and creative event at The Felton Mercantile! Get into the autumn spirit and learn how to decorate pumpkins with beautiful succulents while indulging in a fall tea party! Our skilled instructors will guide you through the… Read More

10th Annual SCM Holiday Makers Market

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It’s the 10th Annual SCM Holiday Makers Market! Celebrating a decade of Makers Markets in Felton! Let the holiday shopping begin! Join us at the Felton Community Hall on Saturday, November 25 from 10am-5pm. Featuring special musical guests Alison Steele & Patti Maxine playing together to celebrate our 10 year anniversary! FREE Admission! Shop with over 35 local artists and… Read More

Open Studios San Lorenzo Valley

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Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22 | 11 am – 5 pm. Discover over a dozen artisans along scenic Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Observe artists at work, purchase unique gifts. View the map: santacruzopenstudios.com Featured image: Viscosity Glass Studios, Boulder Creek, CA. 95006 Read More
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Vito and Friends: Rocking the Blues

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By Julie Horner The Blues and Rock n’ Roll are two sides of the same coin, someone once said. Like feeling good, and being excited, and both very much the same in value. Rockin’ blues outfit Vito and Friends carries its weight in musical gold, deeply steeped in the Mississippi Delta sound with all the blue notes that grab your… Read More
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San Lorenzo Valley Elementary Campus Improvements

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The schoolyear at San Lorenzo Valley Elementary got off to a colorful start in August with new murals and playground equipment. By Julie Horner San Lorenzo Valley Elementary School students have enjoyed an engaging school year so far with their captivating new mural, enchanting sensory path, and state-of-the art playground equipment at the tri-campus in Felton. Inspiring kids, parents, and… Read More
mallard motherhood Column: Gale McCreary Columns Wildlife 

The Miracles of Mallard Motherhood

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By Gale McCreary As raucous blue jays argue over nesting sites and crows convene in swarthy flocks, a lone duck can be seen drifting along the river’s edge quacking. She is announcing her availability, not that common for a Mallard hen. These drab-coated females usually are claimed by handsome green-headed drakes early in the season and remain paired with them… Read More
H Orientalis Lenten Roses Ben Lomond Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening 

A March Garden

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by Josh Reilly In February, a gardener’s anticipation borders on intolerable. Especially in those parts of the SLV subject to frost. A lot of what we see growing happily in Santa Cruz, right now, undamaged by frost, is under threat here. Alas, many winter-flowering plants are a lost cause here, with a few very worthwhile exceptions (see below). Flower buds… Read More
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Water District Consolidation Process

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What the public can anticipate as officials begin discussions and take actions toward a potential San Lorenzo Valley/Scotts Valley water district consolidation By Mary Andersen The San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) Board of Directors will meet today, Thursday, February 4, 2021. After opening the meeting at 5:30 pm, the board will enter a closed session period for one hour.… Read More
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From Denial to Grief and Gratitude

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A firsthand perspective on surviving a fire that “couldn’t happen”  By Jayme Ackemann Every fire evacuation isn’t as dramatic as those middle-of-the-night knocks our neighbors in Boulder Creek got, but mine was every bit as terrifying. The CZU Lightning Complex fire evacuation order came down for Ben Lomond, the San Lorenzo Valley town where I live, on August 18. It… Read More