FireSafe Council completes latest HIZ home assessor training
The FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County has completed its latest HIZ home assessor training and has broadened its reach south to meet the greater needs and range of Santa Cruz County, from Boulder Creek and Summit areas down through Aptos and Corralitos.
There are now about 25 trained volunteer home assessors to give free, confidential consultations to the local community with home hardening and defensible space information.
The purpose of the FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County is to educate and mobilize the people of Santa Cruz County to protect their lives, homes, community and environment from wildfire.
For those who haven’t already received a free, confidential home assessment to learn best practices for home hardening and defensible space for their property, sign up at firesafesantacruz.org/HIZ and one of the volunteers will schedule an appointment.
Poetry and Music in the Park returns in August
Poetry and Music in the Park returns to Santa Cruz County Parks on Sunday, Aug. 4, at Brommer County Park.
Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy and a blanket to sit on while listening to live music and hearing local poets read from their work. Roberto Efren Osorio, Dina Lusztig Noyes and Chloe Gentile-Montgomery will read from their work, with music provided by Matt Harrison.
The event will be held from 1:30-3:30pm, with poetry readings from 2-3pm. All ages are welcome to attend this free series hosted by County Parks and 2023-24 Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate Farnaz Fatemi.
For more information about the poets and musicians, visit scparks.com.
Scotts Valley resident named to Clark University Dean’s List
Dani G. Chace, of Scotts Valley, was named to second honors on the Clark University Dean’s List.
This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2024 semester. Students must have a GPA of 3.8 or above for first honors or a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors.
Founded in 1887, Clark University is a liberal arts-based research university that prepares its students to meet tomorrow’s most daunting challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities. Through 33 undergraduate majors, more than 30 advanced degree programs, and nationally recognized community partnerships, Clark fuses rigorous scholarship with authentic world and workplace experiences that empower students to pursue lives and careers of meaning and consequence.
