Heritage Oaks Memorial Park in Coyote Valley could become the first San Jose cemetery to be built in nearly 140 years as developers argue the city is in desperate need of more space to bury its dead.
The measure, called the Santa Cruz County Safe Drinking Water, Clean Beaches, Wildfire Risk Reduction and Wildlife Protection Act, would levy an $87 per parcel tax across the county that is estimated by organizers to raise about $7.5 million annually in locally-controlled funding.
Cal Fire CZU plans to conduct a 60-acre prescribed burn from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday on the San Vicente Redwoods property in the upper Bonny Doon area of Santa Cruz County.
County health departments and doctors are increasingly prescribing time spent outdoors for their patients. Here are just a few wonderful Bay Area trails and parks to explore no pharmacy required.