Finance | Financial Life Planning and Homelessness
“171,000 people experience homelessness daily. California is home to… 30% of the nation’s homeless population, and half the nation’s unsheltered population.” —Kushel, Moore, et al., “Toward a New Understanding” (2023)
We all play musical chairs in Santa Cruz County because 80,000 new residents since 1980...
The Mountain Gardener | How to Improve Your Garden
The cry for help came from a new homeowner. She loves her lovely new home but feels everything in the garden is in the wrong place. She wishes to create “a haven for birds and bugs and give it a sense of life.” The...
Plain Talk About Food | Molasses, The Dark Tide
While pouring the dark, thick and very sticky molasses from its bottle this morning, I thought about the people who drowned during the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, one hundred and five years ago.
On the docks of Boston Harbor, Purity Distilling company had...
The Mountain Gardener | Happy Thanksgiving
Once upon a time when our area was under waterthere were no parks or trails or trees or gardens.I'm thankful that our mountains rose from an ancient oceanso we could enjoy this beautiful place we call home.
I'm thankful for the Big-Leaf maplesthat shower me...
News Briefs | Published Sept. 12, 2025
Fun run, emergency preparedness fair set for Saturday
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the City of Santa Cruz will be hosting Race the Wave, a 3K...
