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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Here for Ways to Prevent Erosion
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Here for Santa Cruz County Burn Regulations
Have you updated your
family disaster plan? Here's how...
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