Santa Cruz County Bulletin Board

Weekly Review December 1 – 7

This Weekly Review features public meetings as of the time of publication, November 30 at 11:00 am. Meeting status changes will be updated as they are announced throughout the week, here on the Sa...

On the Waterfront

by Mark Dolson The most recent regular San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) Board meeting was on November 7th. The meeting lasted a little under an hour and was devoted to fairly routine busi...

Local Businesses Need Your Help

We got some disturbing news recently from two local businesses we love. They are struggling badly and need us to shop in their stores. The good news is that we can help them, just by shopping in r...

Stations: Nuga

Out on the fringe of Watsonville Slough, 0.5 miles from the nearest road, the Santa Cruz Railroad Company established its least known and most remote stop, a place that the Southern Pacific Railro...

Sunday 12/15: Holiday Bazaar & Annual Open House

Monterey Peace and Justice Center

Winter Home Preparation: Essential Tips for a Warm and Worry-Free Season

By: MJ Stearns Realtor lic#01700756 @sellmesantacruz As the calendar inches closer to winter, it's time to turn our focus to the home—the sanctuary where we seek refuge from the chill outsi...

Giving Thanks to You

Your actions ease isolation, strengthen our community, and touch the lives of thousands across Santa Cruz County and beyond.  Through these connections, the people whose lives you touch—and who se...

Friday 11/29: Palestine Solidarity Community Art Build & Potluck

SubRosa Community Space, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Friday 12/6: Danza a la Rebeldía Mural Unveiling

Elena Baskin Visual Art Studios, UC Santa Cruz

Goodbye Albert

Albert was taken from us by what is presumed to be a mountain lion. He had a long life for a peacock, living to be more than 20 years old and has become the mascot of Boulder Creek. When he arriv...

Mom’s Turkey Soup, a Delicious Broth

Mom’s Turkey Soup, a Broth Download All amounts are flexible depending on the size of your turkey and family. While preparing, taste as you go. Leftover turkey bones, skin, fat, [...]

A Year of Positive Transformation for the San Lorenzo River

As I reflect on the past year in this video, I am heartened that 2024 has given us much to celebrate at the San Lorenzo River! Amidst real challenges at [...]

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We at Mountain Community Resources, along with the entire Community Bridges family, are deeply saddened by the passing of Mary Hammer, a steadfast community activist and pivotal founder of Mountai...

Fresh Cut Christmas Trees 2024

Fresh Cut Christmas Trees 2024 Fresh cut Christmas trees smell wonderful. Make memories with a special outing! Always visit the growers’ websites or Facebook page, or call before going.      Be [...]

Tuesday 12/17: The Vital Link: Watsonville's Early Railroad Monopoly, 1871–1876

275 Main St Ste 100, Watsonville

Saturday 12/14: Palabra Campesina: Stories from Watsonville's Farmworker Communities

275 Main St Ste 100, Watsonville

Ask Yesenia: Caring for Yourself and Embracing Peace

by Yesenia Gomez-Carrillo At times, life can feel heavy—whether it's the weight of things happening in the world beyond our control, the stress of work and family responsibilities, or just [...]

Henflings under New Owernership

Cigarettes After Sex- Oakland Arena

Dreamy Melancholy: A Night with Cigarettes After Sex Photograph taken by dj stutter Attending a Cigarettes After Sex concert feels less like a show and more like stepping into a movie. Their recen...

Who Is Ron Trent?

From the deep underground of Chicago’s dancefloors to international stages of dance music, Ron Trent never followed trends, he always created them. As one of the few pioneers of the sub-genre deep...

Your Advocacy Still Needed to Fight Nonprofit “Terrorist”/Kill Nonprofits Bill, HR 9495

Despite Significant Outcry, H.R. 9495 Passes House; Fight Continues - Action Alert from CalNonprofits Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 9495, alarming legislation that would ...

Corny Thanksgiving Knock Knock Jokes!

Knock Knock. Who’s There? These knock knock jokes will make even the king of Dad jokes cringe — in the best way. by Abi Berwager Schreier Updated: November 21, 2024, Originally [...]

Friday 11/29: 'AIM is a Direction' Free Leonard Peltier

Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos, 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Weekly Review November 24 – 30

This Weekly Review features public meetings as of the time of publication, November 23 at 11:00 am. Meeting status changes will be updated as they are announced throughout the week, here on the Sa...

A Forager’s Guide to Acorn and Oak Tree Types

Even if your knowledge of oak tree types is a little sketchy, when the nuts mature and fall a wide bounty will be there for the gathering. By The Mother [...]

November 20 – 26, 2024

Highlights this week: Bratton... Webmistress says take a breath... Greensite... on 831 Almar St.... Steinbruner... about the non-library, water, water, and passenger rail?... Hayes... Power and Pi...

Monday 11/25: Native Stories by and for Native People! Fancy Dance (2023)

SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Analysis: Industrial Animal Ag Incompatible With Global Climate Agreements

COP 29 Fails to Address Food System Emissions, Country NDCs Still Have Opportunity

A Stewardship Story: Return to Nature

Surviving since nearly the age of the dinosaurs, redwoods are resilient—resisting bugs, fungus, rot, floods, and even fire. But only 5% of them have survived the last century and a half. Human imp...

Sempervirens Fund welcomes Dana McRae to its board of directors

Dana McRae, a resident of Santa Cruz and the former County Counsel for Santa Cruz County has joined the Sempervirens Fund Board of Directors. She served as the county’s main legal representative f...

Skills for making family gatherings fun – not miserable!

by Irene van der Zande Hello, When I ask people how they feel about family gatherings, common responses include: "I LOVE my family - and I break out in hives [...]

Don’t sit on the sidelines: Why Should Your Nonprofit Advocate?

CalNonprofits CEO Geoff Green - and we have local leadership, too, like MariaElena DeLa Garza of CAB and Cheryl Fraenzl of the Diversity Center Many nonprofit leaders were drawn [...]

Report outlines actions needed to restore and protect Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo and Butano state parks after CZU Lightning Complex Fire

SANTA CRUZ (October 16, 2024) — California State Parks and Save the Redwoods League today released a new Forest Management Strategy (FMS) aimed at restoring and protecting three state parks ...

Scotts Valley Real Estate Market Goes into Holiday Mode

As we dive right in to the holidays, the Scotts Valley and local real estate market has gone into sort of a hibernation phase as we see the “pending sale” [...]

Santa Cruz METRO Hosts Stuff the Bus Food Drive

• In Partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank, Santa Cruz County of Chamber of Commerce, and Woodstock’s Pizza Date: December 5th, 1PM - 7PM Location: Bus Parked in front of [...]

Fly the Joby Aircraft in the New Release of Microsoft Flight Simulator

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)- Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced Read More

Weekly Review November 17 – 23 Addendum

The County Commission on the Environment will meet Wednesday, November 20 at 5:00 pm in a hybrid meeting at the County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 701 Ocean Street, 5th Floor in Santa Cruz. Cli...

12/21 Saturdays in the Soil

We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native ...

University of California Service and Patient Care Workers will STRIKE over Unfair Labor Practices

UC Service and Patient Care Workers Will Mount Statewide Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike, November 20th-21st

Sunday 11/17: Plant/Bake Sale for Palestine & Lebanon

SubRosa Community Space, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz