The National Register of Historic Places in the County of Santa Cruz may soon add another Santa Cruz County jewel – the Wee Kirk Church. The Wee Kirk Presbyterian Church in Ben Lomond, California has been nominated by Lisa A. Robinson, a San Lorenzo Valley historian and director of the San Lorenzo Valley Museum. The [...]
The most recent storms have pushed damages in the County to more than $30 million in damage to our local roads and infrastructure, causing some of the most significant challenges in recent memory. The Board of Supervisors declared a third emergency in as many months and has submitted requests to the state and federal government [...]
Some 1,100 private well owners in the Santa Margarita Groundwater Basin are being notified to let them know about a groundwater management process this is getting underway, including a public meeting on Feb. 22. The basin, which extends from Upper Branciforte Creek to Boulder Creek, is in a state of overdraft, resulting in lowered groundwater [...]
An amazing team of young people from across the country have been working on a series of habitat restoration projects in San Lorenzo Valley. The AmeriCorps team, under the skilled leadership of Linda Skeff of the San Lorenzo Valley Restoration Program, has worked at Highlands Park in Ben Lomond, pulling out the rubber around the [...]
Image: Kevin Collins The County is working with PG&E and community advocates on an ambitious Community Pipeline Safety Initiative along the 60 miles of high-pressure gas transmission lines in Santa Cruz County. PG&E has proposed to remove hundreds of trees above its gas line along Graham Hill Road between Santa Cruz and Felton and in [...]