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"It could have gone right over Highway 35, and burned down into Portola Valley and Palo Alto."
For years, the Big Basin Water Company has failed to deliver reliable, clean water to its customers. A possible solution was in sight for its 1,200 customers after the courts stepped in and a new private utility company was anticipated to buy the water system. But in an abrupt announcement made on Friday, the prospective buyer said the deal is off.
For many customers of the Big Basin Water Company there only source of fresh water is a temporary fill station set up in downtown Boulder Creek, courtesy of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District.
Homeowners in the Fallen Leaf neighborhood in Boulder Creek said they are frustrated that the building process has taken a long time.
A composting toilet pilot program in Santa Cruz will allow some victims of the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fire to move home sooner than previously expected.