Santa Cruz Sentinel photographer Shmuel Thaler totes his camera during last year's CZU fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
(Kevin Painchaud / “2020 Hindsight”)

Lookout checks in on how the recovery effort is going in Santa Cruz County: In a multi-part series, we talk to the folks who were hit hardest by nature’s wrath last August — and those who are helping them rebuild, regather, recover.

There are 11 stories.

Lookout checks in on how the recovery effort is going in Santa Cruz County: In a multi-part series, we talk to the folks who were hit hardest by nature’s wrath last August — and those who are helping them rebuild, regather, recover.

There are 11 stories.