From: Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks [email protected]Subject: Celebrating Fall at Santa Cruz-Area State Parks and Beaches Date: October 5, 2015 at 2:01 PM To: Jennifer jennifer@millermaxfield.com Ole! The third annual Mole & Mariachi Festival was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who attended the 2015 Mole & Mariachi Festival, held Sept. 19 Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park. The third-annual event was a resounding success. Six mole chefs competed for the titles of People's Choice and Judges' Choice. Winners included home cook Emma Pinto, who captured the Judges' Choice award for her grandmother's recipe, "Mama Marriquita"; and Cesario Ruiz of My Mom's Mole , who won the People's Choice award. He also was the runner-up in the Judges' Choice competition. Defending champion El Jardin was runner-up in the People's Choice voting. Año Nuevo Bean Hollow Big Basin Butano Castle Rock Castro Adobe Coast Dairies Fall Creek Half Moon Bay Henry Cowell Redwoods Lighthouse Field Manresa Manresa Uplands Montara Natural Bridges New Brighton Nisene Marks Palm Pebble Pescadero Pigeon Point Light Station Pomponio DONATE VOLUNTEER CALENDAR PARKS & BEACHES
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From: Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks [email protected]: Celebrating Fall at Santa Cruz-Area State Parks and Beaches
Ole! The third annual Mole & MariachiFestival was a huge success.Thanks to everyone who attended the 2015 Mole & MariachiFestival, held Sept. 19 Santa Cruz Mission State HistoricPark. The third-annual event was a resounding success.
Six mole chefs competed for the titles of People's Choiceand Judges' Choice. Winners included home cook EmmaPinto, who captured the Judges' Choice award for hergrandmother's recipe, "Mama Marriquita"; and Cesario Ruizof My Mom's Mole, who won the People's Choice award.He also was the runner-up in the Judges' Choicecompetition. Defending champion El Jardin was runner-upin the People's Choice voting.
Año NuevoBean HollowBig BasinButanoCastle RockCastro AdobeCoast DairiesFall CreekHalf Moon BayHenry CowellRedwoodsLighthouse FieldManresaManresa UplandsMontaraNatural BridgesNew BrightonNisene MarksPalmPebblePescaderoPigeon Point LightStationPomponio
Four mariachi bands and two dance companies performed.The mojigangas — giant, dancing puppets —returned. Scores of volunteers worked with staff fromFriends and State Parks to put on a fun, family-friendly andsafe event. All told, about 4,000 people attended this one-day celebration of Latino culture. Thank you! We're alreadylooking forward to next year.
See photos from the event on the Friends of Santa CruzState Parks Facebook page and read about the event in thisSanta Cruz Sentinel story.
Castro Adobe State Historic Parkopen house events return! Three additional Castro Adobe open house events will beheld this fall. Tour California's next State Historic Park 11a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 10, Nov. 14 and Dec. 5. Learn moreon our website.
Help with Bridge Removal in The
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Help with Bridge Removal in TheForest of Nisene Marks State Park.The Advocates for the Forest of Nisene Marks State Parkswill hold a special trail work event at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct.11 to remove bridges from Aptos Creek. The Advocatesneed at least 12 volunteers working at two locations toremove the seasonal bridges before winter rains.
Volunteers should wear rubber boots and meet at theentrance kiosk at 9:30 a.m. Bring a lunch — coffee, juiceand baked goods will be provided — and be prepared tospend some time on the creek.
My Mom's Mole poised to grow,thanks Friends for opportunities.My Mom's Mole, a Mole & Mariachi competitor, haslaunched a Barnraiser campaign to support its next phase ofgrowth and a portion of their fundraising will be donatedback to Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.
We are grateful and honored to be selected as a beneficiaryof this innovative culinary startup. Their crowd-funding effortwill support increased production capacity, as well as anew series of cooking classes and fund another staffposition. Check out their campaign!
Welcome the monarchs back Sunday,Oct. 11.Come out for this joyful, monarch-filled day at NaturalBridges State Beach to welcome these beautiful butterfliesback to their over-wintering habitat.
There will be arts and crafts, games for kids, live music,hand-cranked "monarch" ice cream, tips on how to build amonarch garden and more. Welcome Back Monarchs is 11a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11. Read more in this SFGatearticle.
Also, Santa Cruz Open Streets, a car-free pop-up park onWest Cliff Drive, is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and connects to NaturalBridges State Beach. Check out both great events.
Explore coastal parks this fall. The summer season is winding down. Enjoy the crispautumn air with a trip to a coastal State Park. Butano,Rancho del Oso and Wilder Ranch State Parks offer family-friendly weekend events this fall.
Learn about snakes at Rancho del Oso, the coastal sectionof Big Basin Redwoods State Park, or take a guidedwildflower walk at Butano State Park. Wilder Ranch StatePark offers both history and nature programs.
