SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday, July 1
Loma Prieta Volunteer Fire and Rescue
open house and recruiting event
from noon to 3 p.m.,
at Station 36, 17445 Old Summit Road.
Monday, July 3
The mountain-area 55-plus program
meets at the Loma Prieta Community Center, 23800 Summit Road, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 4
Pancake breakfast and flag raising at
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
23185 Summit Road, beginning at 9 a.m.
Thursday through Sunday,
July 13 to 16
Los Gatos Youth Theatre
presents The Lion King, Jr.
at the Los Gatos High School Theatre.
The production features large head pieces, colorful attire, and gigantic puppetry
to symbolize each animal.
For tickets ($12), go to http://www.lgyt.net.
Monday, July 17
The mountain-area 55-plus program
meets at the Loma Prieta Community Center,
23800 Summit Road, at 9:30 a.m.
to carpool to Scotts Valley
for a tour of the Canepa Motorsports Museum.
Thursday through Sunday,
July 20 to 23
Los Gatos Youth Theatre
presents Into the Woods
at the Los Gatos High School Theatre.
This show is based on the Tony award-winning musical
by Stephen Sondheim.
For tickets ($12), go to http://www.lgyt.net.
Saturday, July 22
The Joe Sharino Band
performs at the Loma Prieta Playfield and Gazebo.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m. The band plays from 7 to 10 p.m.
Barbecue dinner will be available to purchase.
Order tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com (search event 2955523),
or call 1-800-838-3006.
For more information,
call Lani Christianson at 408-353-9091,
or email laniarlene2@aol.com.
Sunday, July 23
Playday and barbecue
at the Summit Rider’s Horsemen’s Association Arena,
beginning at 10 a.m.
Saturday, July 29
Summit Rider’s Horsemen’s Association
fiftieth-anniversary celebration w
ill be at the Redwood Estates Pavilion,
beginning at 3 p.m.
Saturday, August 5
Mountain Jam
is a free family musical festival and picnic
featuring local bands and musicians,
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
at the Loma Prieta Playfield and Gazebo,
23845 Summit Road.
Tuesday, August 22
Mountain Residents Night Out is from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
at the Redwood Estates Pavilion,
21450 Madrone Drive.
Enjoy barbecue and meet our local deputies, firefighters, CHP officers,
and representatives of other community organizations.
For more information, visit www.lpcf.org, or www.redwoodestates.net,
or call RESA at 408-353-1866.
Sunday, August 27
Summit Rider’s Horsemen’s Association obstacle-course challenge
Saturday, September 16
The Loma Prieta Museum
annual farm dinner and benefit
begins at 5 p.m. at the Mason-Taylor Ranch,
22849 Summit Road.
Cost: $100 per person.
To learn what you can do to fight airplane noise in the Santa Cruz Mountains,
visit http://sossantacruz.org/
For updates on Santa Cruz County road closures,
see www.sccroadclosure.org/
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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.
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here for other wildlife sightings
For more information from
California Fish and Game
about mountain lions, click here.
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Mountain
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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