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No fireworks sign

Increased fines in effect for 4th of July holiday

The County of Santa Cruz is reminding residents and visitors that fireworks are prohibited in most of Santa Cruz County, including on all beaches. “Illegal...
Fire

California State Parks to begin prescribed burn at Henry Cowell Redwoods...

Fire personnel from California State Parks are planning to conduct a 13-acre prescribed burn near the observation platform at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park...
Fire

Inaugural Santa Cruz County Wildfire Resilience Summit arrives June 6

The FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County is hosting the inaugural Santa Cruz County Wildfire Resilience Summit on Thursday, June 6, from 2-6pm at...
News Briefs

News Briefs | Published March 29, 2024

Local churches plan Community Good Friday Service St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church has announced a Community Good Friday Service, co-sponsored by six San Lorenzo Valley congregations,...
Fossil sloth bone

Students find fossil sloth bone in Santa Cruz Mountains

Local students from Tara Redwood School playing in the Santa Cruz Mountains last spring found a strange object that they suspected was a bone...
Upper Zayante watershed

Sempervirens Fund permanently protects 120 acres in Santa Cruz Mountains’ Upper...

With the donation of a conservation easement from private landowners to Sempervirens Fund, California’s first land trust, 120 acres in the Upper Zayante watershed...
Trees

What’s the best way to grow a forest?

Felton resident Karen Holl’s talk at her hometown library Feb. 3 occurred just as a storm rolled in underscoring just how intrinsically linked our...
News Briefs

News Briefs | Published Feb. 2, 2024

Environmental Studies professor to discuss tree planting An upcoming program called, “Can We Save the World by Planting Trees?”, will take place Saturday, Feb. 3,...
State Parks pile burn

California State Parks begins pile burning through April

California State Parks has begun burning piles in various State Parks in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. Burning began Jan. 5, with conditions dependent...

Scotts Valley graduate takes part in COP28 climate summit

When upwards of 30,000 people from 195 countries descend this week for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, a Santa Cruz local and Scotts...

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published July 4, 2025

Tree removal leads to temporary closure on Big Basin Highway Caltrans will temporarily close a section of southbound Highway 236 (Big Basin Highway) left on...