The 120 foot-tall twin-trunked coast redwood on Walnut Avenue near Santa Cruz High School will face the ax after the Santa Cruz City Council denied the appeal to save the tree at the council meeting Tuesday. A local "tree whisper" will hold a farewell ceremony for the tree with students from Santa Cruz High at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Hundreds of fungiphiles from around Santa Cruz County and the Bay Area gathered like gregarious clusters of mushrooms at the London Nelson Community Center Saturday to listen to talks from renowned mycologists, learn more about local mushrooms and admire the hundreds of fruiting bodies on display.
The Santa Cruz City Council will return to the City Hall council chambers Tuesday after the holiday break with a packed schedule of action items that includes a resolution calling for a permanet and immediate cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
The fate of the iconic twin-trunked redwood tree on Walnut Avenue near Santa Cruz High will be decided next week by the Santa Cruz City Council after the matter was pushed 90 days by the Council last September. The appellant of the tree's removal, Keelan Franzen and his partner Annika Mancini, are holding a fundraiser Saturday afternoon to honor and help protect the tree.
A local business owner and his partner are contesting the potential removal of a 120-foot-tall coast redwood tree on Walnut Avenue in Santa Cruz. The decision whether to keep or remove the tree was postponed by the Santa Cruz City Council and will be decided in December.