Journalist Amber Turpin was forced from her Ben Lomond home after the wildfires struck. Returning there hasn’t been what she’d thought, but there are finally rays of hope.
Amber Turpin
Follow Amber Turpin on: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Amber Selene Turpin is a freelance food and travel writer based in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She is a regular contributor to The Mercury News and Edible Monterey Bay, and has written for Civil Eats, EatingWell Magazine, and many other publications over the last fifteen years. While Covid-19 has certainly put a halt to the travel part of her career, food continues to illuminate and inspire, never ceasing to unveil a good story.

