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CAL FIRE knocks down 2-acre fire near Watsonville
INTERLAKEN, Calif. — CAL FIRE CZU says firefighters knocked down a two-acre fire in the area of Holohan and Grimmers Roads on Wednesday evening. The Grimmer Fire was stopped at two acres. CAL FIRE, Pajaro Valley Fire District, Santa Cruz County Fire, Watsonville Fire Department and Central Fire District...
Couple expecting baby die after being swept out to sea by wave while taking photo on coastal rocks
Pedro David Guadarrama Ceron, 30, of San Jose, and Emma Nelly Diazleal Lopez, 33, of San Jose, had stopped to take a picture on the coast on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz on July 16 when they were hit by the wave at around 6:18 p.m
How is the $27.6 billion state budget shortfall affecting local school district budgets?
After the state revealed a $27.6 billion budget shortfall and a projected deficit of $28.4 billion next year, school districts across the state — and the Coachella Valley — are tightening its belts. These new challenges come as school districts are already grappling with several fiscal challenges such as inflation, the expiration...
California Recommends AT&T, Frontier, Six Others for $143M in Broadband Grants
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has recommended a total of $143.3 million in grants to go toward broadband deployments to locations in the state that currently lack high-speed broadband service. AT&T was recommended for two grants totaling $18.1 million and Frontier was recommended for three grants totaling $22.9 million....
Newsom set an ambitious goal to launch 500,000 Californians into new careers. Many are firefighters
In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.
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...
California took vacation time from a prison doctor. Now it has to pay him $1.8M
A jury last week awarded nearly $2 million to a former California prison psychiatrist who claimed the state retaliated against him when officials began raising questions about how he earned high incomes from two government agencies. A decade ago, Anthony Coppola held a senior position at a former state prison in Tracy and a part-time assignment as a psychiatrist at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail. ...
California Residents to Receive $500 a Month Payments: Do You Qualify?
California is rolling out a new guaranteed income initiative aimed at alleviating poverty and supporting vulnerable residents. The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) is launching the Advancing Fresno County Guaranteed Income program, which will provide $500 per month for 12 months to selected households in central California’s Fresno County.
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