Wolf Jett was primed for a busy year of touring pre-pandemic. Then wildfire took their prized studio and performance site, known as the Hill House. What they did next was the stuff of resilience, inspiration and healing.
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Posted inCity Life
Toasting Last Chance: Local bands will play brewery gig as wildfire fundraiser
THE HERE & NOW: Cement Ship and Wide Eyed will perform in two socially distanced concerts at Shanty Shack to raise money to rebuild the community center.
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Raitt, Scaggs, Hagar headline ‘Love You Madly’ show for fire relief
THE HERE & NOW: Santa Cruz County gets some much-needed love from an impressive lineup of musical talent on Dec. 5. Benefit fire relief efforts have already distributed more than $600,000.
Posted inFood & Drink
Fire, smoke, heat, drought — how climate change could spoil your next glass of California cabernet
Climate change, wildfires and drought are affecting the crop of California vineyards like Bonny Doon Vineyard in Santa Cruz County and others in the Monterey Bay area.
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An evacuee’s tale: ‘The truth is, being home is hard’
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.
Posted inEnvironment
As ‘mudslides on steroids’ threaten, Santa Cruz Mountain dwellers ponder new normal
Santa Cruz Mountain residents are bracing for more evacuations because of debris flows this winter, with potentially no end in sight to annual cycles of wildfires and heavy rains.
Posted inEducation
Ready for a ‘real’ college experience, transfer students find their hopes dashed
Coronavirus, wildfires and the shift to online learning have made it more challenging for schools like UC Santa Cruz to support students once they’ve transferred.
Posted inEnvironment
The biggest threat to growing marijuana in California used to be the law. Now, it’s climate change
Having survived a DEA raid, a Santa Cruz resident, the co-founder of the first medicinal cannabis collective plots a comeback in the worst fire season in California history.
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Clouds of concern linger as wildfires drag into flu season and COVID-19 numbers swell
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…