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Watsonville starts clearing homeless encampments
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — The city of Watsonville began to clear out a homeless encampment along the Pajaro River Levee on Monday. It's a process that is expected to last through Aug. 2. On Friday, the city posted multiple notices across encampment structures about their plans to clear out the...
Watsonville / Pajaro Neighborhood Brief for Tuesday, July 23
Good morning! It’s July 23 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…. Today will be partly sunny and pleasant. The high will be 75 with a low of 57. Wear your sunblock — the UV Index is extreme (11/11). Cloudy now, changing to intermittent clouds at 9 am.
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...
Aptos Neighborhood Brief for Thursday, July 25
Good morning! It’s July 25 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…. Today will be nice with areas of low clouds early; otherwise, mostly sunny. The high will be 74 with a low of 53. Cloudy now, changing to mostly cloudy at 9 am.
Capitola City Council to discuss off leash options
CAPITOLA, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Capitola City council meeting on Thursday to decide on dog regulations across the city’s parks and beaches. Dog laws vary in the city of Capitola, Ozzi Dog Parks is the only Capitola city park that allows dogs off leash. “You never know what a dog‘s gonna...
Voters to decide if a new fire department is built in the Santa Cruz Mountains
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. — Earlier in July, the Scotts Valley Fire Protection District Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution that will place a fire and life safety investment ballot measure on the ballot in November. The current fire station, located on Erba Lane, is 60 years old and...
Community, care, and healing: The story of Essentia Body Therapy in Santa Cruz
The Essentia story begins in 2020, just as the newly-unfolding pandemic was beginning to create dramatic uncertainties for families, and businesses began to either shut down or completely overhaul their operations. As the General Manager of the clinic then-known as Vital Body Therapy, Kayla Savage would lead her team through the early months of lockdown – navigating through the ups, the downs and ever-changing landscape of new rules and regulations being imposed by what seemed to be a completely different world.
Corralitos / Freedom Neighborhood Brief for Tuesday, July 23
Good morning! It’s July 23 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…. Today will be partly sunny. There is a 1% chance of rain. The high will be 80 with a low of 56. Wear your sunblock — the UV Index is extreme (11/11). Cloudy now, changing to intermittent clouds at 9 am.
Don’t miss out: Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2024 Summer Festival is now underway
Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2024 Summer Festival, with productions of Shakespeare’s As You Like It & Hamlet, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie has begun!. We invite you to The Grove this summer to experience the magic of outdoor theatre...
MPUSD board votes to add a bond measure for staff housing on the ballot.
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District’s board voted 6-1, Tuesday, July 23 to include a $340 million bond measure on the November ballot to fund teachers’ housing and facilities upgrades. Trustee Tom Jennings was the dissenting vote. The goal is to provide a competitive edge for MPUSD to hire...
OVERNIGHT REPAIR WORK ON HIGHWAY 1 AT ROCKY CREEK TO INCLUDE INTERMITTENT DELAYS AND FULL CLOSURES
MONTEREY COUNTY – Caltrans will continue with emergency repairs to Highway 1 near the Rocky Creek Bridge, 12 miles south of Carmel. Caltrans previously stabilized and reinforced Highway 1 at this location after a March 30 slipout resulted in a loss of a section of the southbound lane. Daytime...
Better jobs, affordable housing on the minds of Aptos voters
Aptos residents gather at a Santa Cruz Local listening session at Aptos Branch Library in June to discuss local problems and potential solutions. (Kara Meyberg Guzman — Santa Cruz Local) APTOS >> Affordable housing, better job opportunities for young people and concerns about empty second homes were some top...
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