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Scarecrow Sip and Stroll

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This delightful event combines the joy of autumn with the charm of scarecrows. Participants will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite scarecrows displayed in various businesses while sipping on delicious apple cider. As you stroll through the participating shops, you’ll be serenaded by lively bluegrass music, adding a musical touch to the atmosphere. But that’s not all! There… Read More

Halloween After Party

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Halloween decompression at the Boulder Creek Recreation Center, 13333 Middleton Ave, Boulder Creek! Fun crafting, dinner, dancing, and costume contest at 7:45pm. Please enter your “look” at the costume contest table and be ready to go on stage at 7:45 pm. Winner gets 5 complimentary pool day use passes for 2024 summer at the Bear Creek Community Center! Halloween goodness… Read More

Trick-or-Treat on Riverside Drive

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The annual do-it-yourself Halloween street party and trick-or-treating into the night Tuesday, October 31 | 8:00. Riverside Drive, Ben Lomond. There’s a new flashmob dance this year! Come experience Halloween in the Santa Cruz Mountains! A tradition you won’t soon forget. Read More

Boulder Creek Trick-Or-Treat Street

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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

Lompico Park Halloween Party

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Saturday, October 28 | 12 pm – 4 pm. Lompico Park Community Center, 10734 Lompico Rd, Felton. The biggest fundraiser of the year for Lompico Park. BBQ, raffle, cake walk, bounce house, corn hole, face painting, costume contest for all ages. The LCC Presents the Annual Halloween Party. There will be BBQ, Raffle Prizes, a Cake Walk, Bounce House, Corn… Read More
Columns Music 

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
Food & Drink Valley People 

Santa Cruz Fungi: Popsicles With Benefits

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By Julie Horner Cool cats looking for a chill experience this summer will be delighted to discover Santa Cruz Fungi “Popsicles with Benefits,” handmade medicinal mushroom-infused frozen treats. Founders and fungi fanatics Paul Lazazzara and Katie Sarna have a lifelong obsession with mushrooms and eating healthy. Based in Boulder Creek, the couple launched their nano business in 2020 and began… Read More
Entertainment Music Venues 

Blue House Stage Scotts Valley Music Venue

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Secluded Scotts Valley ranch with a house painted blue provides an artistic place for live music in the Santa Cruz Mountains. By Julie Horner “You can’t really show up and not smile when you see a bright blue house,” homesteader and music lover Brooke Lipman said. “We are the Blue House. Within the Blue House there is Blue House Stage,… Read More
San Vicente Redwoods Santa Cruz Mountains Hikes Local News Outdoors Recreation 

San Vicente Redwoods Preserve to Open

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By Julie Horner Outdoor enthusiasts eager to explore fresh territory can look forward to setting boots down on 7.3 miles of ecologically integrated trail in the 8,852-acre San Vicente Redwoods Preserve starting on December 3, 2022. This new multi-use trail system traversing sensitive coastal redwood habitat supports hikers, walkers, bicyclists, and equestrians.  San Vicente Redwoods Preserve spans the seaward side… Read More
Art Boulder Creek 

Boulder Creek Elementary Sensory Path

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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