This Week
in the Mountains

Saturday, July 31
Community flea market
9 a.m to 3 p.m.
Mountain Bible Church

Tuesday, August 3
Mountain Residents Night Out
Loma Prieta Playfield, 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 5
Santa Clara County Bookmobile
Lakeside School 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Loma Prieta Playfield, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Redwood Estates Pavilion, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 7
Montessori Scotts Valley open house
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Navarra Drive
Scotts Valley, 831-439-9313

Skyland Gallery open house, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 25079 Skyland Road

Saturday, August 14
Paper-making workshop with Jeanne Tillman,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., $65, materials included. Call 408-353-3921

Jazz on the Summit, noon to 5 p.m.
Silver Mountain, Burrell School, and Regale wineries
www.the summitwineries.com

Sunday, August 15
Jazz on the Summit, noon to 5 p.m.
Burrell School and Regale wineries
www.thesummitwineries.com

Local artist exhibit, noon to 4 p.m, Los Gatos Birdwatcher, King’s Court Center, 792 Blossom Hill Road,
Los Gatos

 

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Road Closures

Redwood Lodge Road will be closed at PM 1.94
through Saturday, August 21
for storm damage repairs. The Santa Cruz Department of Public Works
recommends avoiding this area.

The northbound lane of East Zayante Road at post mile 4.66
will be closed through Friday, August 27
for road repairs between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p,m. Intermittent traffic closures
will delay traffic in both directions.

Eureka Canyon Road at post mile marker 5.24 will be subject to traffic delays and lane closures from Tuesday, July 27 through Thursday, October 21 for culvert replacement and roadway reconstruction. Traffic closures may delay traffic up to one hour.

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Skyland Run Winners

Mens 10K
Overall Winner: Dane Sawyer - 34 mins 23 secs

Under 14 : Anthony Horn - 1 hour 33 secs
15-19 Ryan Kim - 53:06
20-29 = Dane Sawyer
30-39 - Jason Reed - 37:57
40-49 - Steve McGowan - 40:04
50-59 - Kirk Flatow - 42:01
60-69 - Jeff Candello - 39:20

Womens 10K
Overall Winner - Else Sinsigalle 40:50

Under 14 - Haley Weiner 53:35
15-19: Sarah Devlin - 59:04
20-29 - Gwen Kong - 55:14
30- 39 - Corina Rahmig 55:20
40-49 - Else Sinsigalle 
50-59 - Susan Hellwege 45:26

Womens 5K
Erin Fabris - 20:00

Under 14 - Nikita Tovey 25:39
15-19 - Erin Fabris
20-29 - Julia Westerberg 25:37
30-39 - Tina Le - 22:53
40-49 - Lauren O'Connell - 29:10
50-59 - Carrie Dion - 24:07
60-69 - Louise O'Connell - 28:40

Mens 5K
Overall Winner - Brad Jacobs - 17:14

Under 14 - Jeff Adam - 21:42
15-19 - No Runners
20-29 - Brad Jacobs
30-39 - Brandon Macchi - 27:22
40-49 - John Wetherill 25:06
50-59 - Gerald O'Regan 24:24
60-69 - Robert Mullis 22.40
70+   - Victor Longa - 34:34

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Wildlife in the Mountains

If you see a mountain lion or other interesting wildlife in our area, call Neil at 408-353-1901 or email news@mnn.net. I'll post the sighting. Be sure to give me a short description of the animal, specific location, date, and time.

We'll share the results here.

Click here for other wildlife sightings

For more information from
California Fish and Game
about mountain lions, click
here.

 


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Mountain Wildfires
How did they happen, and what we can do to stop them


Public Transportation
What it's like to ride buses and light rail to San Jose


Protecting Your Home from Fire

Here’s a checklist on how to improve your landscaping from CalFire at www.fire.ca.gov:

Create a defensible space of one hundred feet around your home. It is required by law.

Create a "lean, clean, green zone" by removing all flammable vegetation within thirty feet surrounding your home

Create a "reduced fuel zone" in the remaining seventy feet or to your property line.

You have two options in this area:

A. Create horizontal and vertical spacing between plants. The amount of space will depend on how steep your property is and the size of your plants.

B. Large trees do not have to be removed as long as all of the plants beneath them are removed.

Remove lower tree branches at least six feet from the ground

Landscape with fire resistant plants

Maintain all plants with regular water, and keep dead braches, leaves, and needles removed.

When clearing vegetation, use care when operating equipment such as lawnmowers. One small spark may start a fire; a string trimmer is much safer.

Stack woodpiles at least thirty feet from all structures and remove vegetation within ten feet of woodpiles.

Locate LPG tanks (butane and propane) at least thirty feet from any structure and maintain ten feet of clearance.

Remove all stacks of construction materials, pine needles, leaves, and other debris from your yard.

For other ways to protect your home from fire, visit www.fire.ca.gov 

 

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Date last edited: 04/07/09
Webmaster:  Neil Wiley (
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