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January 23, 2026

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Roaring Camp Sequoias at Night

Roaring Camp debuts first-ever lighted redwoods night walk

A first-ever lighted stroll beneath giant old-growth redwoods is now on the list of things to do at Roaring Camp in the Santa Cruz...
Bela Ravikumar watercolor

Santa Cruz artist highlights nature-inspired works in Ben Lomond

Bela Ravikumar has earned a reputation as a stellar and well-followed artist in Santa Cruz County, but her latest show at the Santa Cruz...
Novitiate Park anti-wildfire partnership

Regional effort promotes strategies to defend against forest fires

In the preface to his book “California: A Fire Survey,” Stephen J. Pyne notes that the “California fire scene” has long shaped the broader...
Boulder Creek fire

No one injured in small fire north of Boulder Creek

No one was injured in a Saturday night fire north of Boulder Creek that consumed one home and spread throughout the surrounding natural area,...
Karen Kaplan

Scotts Valley artist’s work chosen for ‘Expressions of the Valley’ book...

Scotts Valley creative soul and activist Karen Kaplan is making her latest splash with dual contributions in a new book titled “Expressions of the...

$7M boost ignites forest resilience in Santa Cruz Mountains

Resource Conservation District (RCD) of Santa Cruz County has secured a $7 million Forest Health Grant from Cal Fire to implement an ambitious, regionally...

Felton artist sets out to document river communities in Cajun Country

Ten years ago, in a quiet Felton barnyard, Wes Modes, 58, a UC Santa Cruz lecturer, and a few friends began piecing together a...

Measure Q gets underway with citizen oversight, funding allocation

With the overwhelming approval of Measure Q, formally known as the “Santa Cruz County Safe Drinking Water, Clean Beaches, Wildfire Risk Reduction and Wildlife...
Flames fire

UPDATE: Pile burning in Ben Lomond and Scotts Valley now set...

Two pile burns are now planned for Feb. 18-28 in Ben Lomond and Scotts Valley on Land Trust of Santa Cruz County land and...

Invasive beetle found along Zayante Creek identified as novel to West...

A non-native invasive shothole borer beetle found along Zayante Creek south of Graham Hill Road in October has been identified as Euwallacea interjectus, a...

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Sinkhole

Scotts Valley declares emergency over sinkhole at key intersection

At a Special Meeting held on Jan. 16 in the middle of the day, Scotts Valley City Council voted unanimously to declare a State...