Tag: San Lorenzo Valley
PG&E Plans to Increase ‘Undergrounding’ Efforts
Californians know to expect the unexpected. From earthquakes shaking us awake to wildfires racing through our mountains to tsunamis rocking the boats in our...
Winter Season Brings Rain, Downed Lines and Landslides
Rich Ambris was ferrying packages around in the lead-up to Christmas but was forced to turn around when he got to 13203 E. Zayante...
SLVUSD Trustees Hear Rough Draft of 4-H Club Proposal
San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District trustees were wowed by the passionate and studied presentation by a student who was trying to persuade them...
After late start Scotts Valley, San Lorenzo Valley youth baseball registration...
Registration has opened for both Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley little leagues, with hopes to begin games soon.
The schedules for both leagues have...
Volunteers conduct county homeless census
Promptly at 5:00 a.m. on the rainy morning of Jan. 31, 34 teams of volunteers fanned out across the county in pre-dawn darkness to count people who do not have homes to sleep in- people sleeping on the streets, in cars and vans, or hidden away in unauthorized campsites.
Highway 9 plan ready for comment
People in San Lorenzo Valley still have several chances to comment on a draft plan to reshape Highway 9.
Felton Community Deck, a reminder of volunteerism
It’s a chilly November morning as Ron Trader stands outside on the deck in Felton with a cup of coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other. This is Trader’s morning ritual.
State Assemblymember Mark Stone talks about wildfires and PG&E liability
At a standing room only Environmental Town Hall meeting at the Felton Community Hall last Saturday, State Assemblymember Mark Stone spoke about the state legislature’s environmental agenda, and then focused at length on the closer -to-home issue of PG&E’s tree cutting around power lines in the San Lorenzo Valley.
BLFD to the Water Rescue
When fire season slows and the winter rains roll in, the Ben Lomond Fire (BLFD) remains the go-to department for emergencies in the community and throughout Santa Cruz County.
County offers limited amnesty for unpermitted dwellings, if certified as safe
The County Planning Department knows there are hundreds of unpermitted dwellings throughout the unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County, especially up and down the San Lorenzo Valley. Aimed at insuring a basic level of health and fire safety in these living spaces, the county has rolled out a new “Limited Immunity Amnesty Program,” called the Safe Structures Program, to improve the safety of both residents and neighbors of these “not-entirely-legal” residential spaces, while trying to avoid the dreaded “Red Tag” that puts people out of much needed affordable housing.
Developer skips meeting about Scotts Valley development that won’t need City...
It was a pitched battle—deciding whether or not to allow a storage facility at the site of mid-century office buildings along Bethany Drive in...
