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First BMW M5 Will Be Sold at Auction at Pebble Beach
The new BMW M5 will surely be a thing of wonder and awe—now you can bid to get the very first one. Gooding & Co. will auction off the first 2025 BMW M5 for North America at its Pebble Beach auction August 16-17. The first car will be loaded,...
Jan Harwood: Still a ‘Raging Granny’ after all these years
If AARP is ever in the market for a local spokesperson who embodies the possibilities of retirement, Santa Cruz has a promising candidate for the job. Jan Harwood has done what many of us envision for our own lives. In the mid-1990s, she retired from her career as a psychiatric social worker, moved to Santa Cruz and, in a real sense, became herself. And since then, she’s become something of a local legend.
Winner of Annual Keep Santa Cruz Clean! Poster Contest Announced During Plastic Free July
Santa Cruz, CA – The City of Santa Cruz is thrilled to announce Brayden Willick, 12, from Branciforte Middle School, as the winner of this year’s Keep Santa Cruz Clean! poster contest. This annual event encourages students to creatively express the importance of recycling and litter prevention. Brayden’s...
Man arrested for multiple cases of molesting minors, Greenfield police say
GREENFIELD, Calif. — The Greenfield Police Department arrested a man on multiple charges of molesting children under 14 years old. On Friday, officers arrested 40-year-old Albert Anthony Roman, of Greenfield, for multiple incidents that occurred in Greenfield between 2008 and 2019. According to their investigation, the victims were between...
62nd Cabrillo Fest spurs musical questions of movement and migration
Have you ever heard a parhelion? What does the Santa Cruz lighthouse sound like, translated into symphonic form? How does music made in West African refugee camps connect to that of the US? Is the concept of immigration holding back our development as a species? Prick up your ears and head down to Santa Cruz over the next two weeks to explore these questions with hundreds of other curious listeners.
Plans to industrialize Port San Luis in rural Avila Beach moving forward
Plans to transform Port San Luis in rural Avila Beach into an industrial port to support proposed offshore wind farms in Morr0 Bay are moving forward with the assistance of the Port San Luis Harbor District, though most of the discussions have been held in closed session out of public view.
Expectant parents identified as victims swept into ocean in Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Twovictims who died last week after being swept into the ocean in Santa Cruz lived in San Jose. The victims were a couple, identified by family as Pedro and Emma Nelly, and were soon to be married. Pedro's father said it is an indescribable pain...
Los Gatos guitarist to rock San Jose as a Beach Boy this weekend
The Beach Boys came on the scene in 1961, straight outta Hawthorne, California. The group’s songs embodied the myth of a youthful and carefree Southern California existence, one filled with surfboards, cars and pretty girls. The core group—bassist and primary songwriter Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl (guitar) and Dennis...
California tries but fails to fix a major Medicare loophole for seniors
Many seniors are grateful when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. But to get enrolled they first have to make a big decision — choosing a Medicare plan. The initial choice is whether to go with traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage. Traditional Medicare has deductibles, co-pays, and...
'Unconscionable': HIV community in legal fight with Bay Area drugmaker
Hank Trout was diagnosed with HIV in 1989 at the age of 36. The longtime San Francisco resident resisted medication at first, but eventually began the fraught medication journey with which those living with the condition are familiar — a drug “cocktail” involving a strict regimen of several medications a day. After trying several such combinations of drugs to keep his HIV levels in check, he eventually started taking just...
California will host a billion-dollar 'hydrogen hub.' What it means for our energy future
In the race to decarbonize energy and fuel, the federal government is spending billions to create hydrogen economies. California will be one of several hydrogen hubs — here's what that will mean.
Eye-popping construction costs intensify California’s chronic housing shortage
It’s not hyperbole to declare that California’s most serious economic, social and political issue is its chronic shortage of housing, particularly for families in the lower income brackets. As the yawning gap between demand and supply, especially in urban areas, pushes costs upward, it drags down the economy...
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