This is the second summer in a row that Bonny Doon residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes as a fire threatened their homes and way of life.
A housing site on Scotts Valley’s Green Hills Road was hit by vandals last weekend, wreaking havoc on more than 15 pieces of heavy construction equipment with a mysterious powdery substance.
Smoke concentration in Santa Cruz County reached “Very Unhealthy” levels during today’s early morning hours as the region is affected by smoke and ash from the Lockheed Fire, according to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District.
Cal Fire reported at 8 p.m. today that 15 percent of the Lockheed Fire is under control after burning 5,036 acres over the last two days in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Bonny Doon.
A reader left an online comment on my first column last week with a question about where I came from and why I moved here. I really didn’t think about it again until I sat down on my deck last night to read The New York Times on my Kindle.
UPDATE: Firefighters got a toehold overnight on the massive fire raging near Bonny Doon, reporting 5 percent containment on a fire that's now consumed 4,100 acres.