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Warriors Stadium Keeps on Track
BusinessSports Nov 20, 2012, by Steve Palopoli 1 Comments
Anyone who caught the totally jacked-looking steel framework towering over Front Street—after a construction mishap at the site of the Santa Cruz Warriors arena a couple of weeks ago—might have wondered just how far back in a construction schedule something like that will set you.
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Standing Desks Improve Health & Life Expectancy
NewsBusiness Nov 13, 2012, by Maria Grusauskas 1 Comments
Sitting. It seems as innocent and natural as breathing or sipping a cup of tea. And yet, some health experts warn that too much of it could be deadly. Most people understand the connection between obesity and poor health, and the importance of being physically active every day. But public health guidelines rarely mention the importance of reducing sitting time—even if you’re active—and they probably should.
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New Nonprofit Supports Pre-Columbian Tribe
NewsBusinessCommunity Nov 13, 2012, by Georgia Perry
It was 1971 in Mexico, and Brant Secunda, an 18-year-old kid from New Jersey, lay unconscious on a patch of dusty, clay-like ground. A wanderer who ventured below the border to learn how to make pottery, he wound up stumbling upon an ancient civilization. That may not seem so surprising—Mexico has an abundance of ancient ruins. But this ancient civilization was alive and well.
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Local Witch Embraces Pagan New Year
NewsBusinessCommunity Oct 30, 2012, by Georgia Perry 1 Comments
“Traditionally it’s the season of death. It’s the dark half of the year starting,” says Birch, owner of the Sacred Grove witchcraft shop in Seabright. Sahmain is their New Years Eve, as it marks the beginning of winter and the end of summer. Witches believe that the veil between our world and the spirit world is thinnest around Sahmain, making it easier to contact spirits and ancestors who have died.
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Homeless Proposals Face Challanges
BusinessPolitics Oct 23, 2012, by Jacob Pierce
When Charles Edwards, a mentally ill homeless man from San Francisco, stabbed Camouflage co-owner Shannon Collins on Ocean Street in May, he sent shockwaves through the Santa Cruz community. “Everyone felt so much pressure to act,” Rowland Rebele says of the intense debate over the city’s homeless problem that arose after Collins’ murder.
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Aptos Neighbors Worry About Safeway Growth
Business Sep 18, 2012, by Jacob Pierce
If Safeway goes through with plans to nearly double its Aptos store’s size, Rodney Hoffer says the possible megamarket-to-be would look “real nice.” The most recent sketches show brown wooden timbers and stilts to give the one-stop shopping destination somewhat of a mountain-cabin atmosphere. “At least it’s it not going to look like a box like the one on 41st Avenue,” says Hoffer, owner of Ace Hardware, currently in the Rancho Del Mar complex, which Safeway bought this year.
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People Power Apologizes for Email
BusinessPolitics Sep 12, 2012, by Jacob Pierce 1 CommentsAs Santa Cruz Weekly reported last week, Santa Cruz police moved a popular bike distribution program away from the nonprofit Bike Church to the Bike Dojo, a downtown business. But new People Power director Amelia Conlen says she didn’t find an email sent out from a People Power email account last week about the switch very constructive.
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Council Candidates Weigh in on Downtown
BusinessPolitics Sep 11, 2012, by Jacob Pierce
A year ago, retail expert Bob Gibbs came to Santa Cruz and finished an economic development study. According to his analysis, making Pacific Avenue a two-way street would boost sales 30 percent and bring in new businesses to fill vacancies downtown. This year, the controversial two-way Pacific Avenue concept is still on the table, and the plan might not see a council vote until after the election.
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Bike Distribution Program Under New Management
BusinessCommunity Sep 05, 2012, by Jacob Pierce 1 CommentsUntil about six months ago, Santa Cruz Police took bikes that were deemed abandoned or stolen and gave them to organizations like the Bike Church. Steve Schnaar, a Bike Church member, found that police recently decided to instead entrust The Bike Dojo, a downtown business, with the distributions—partly a cost-saving measure according to the police department.
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Prop. 37 Advocates Push for GMO Labeling
BusinessPolitics Sep 05, 2012, by Jacob Pierce
It looks like a tomato. It’s red and round and a little sweet, with a bitter, savory aftertaste. Underneath its thin skin is fish DNA to prevent it from freezing prior to harvest. Is it a tomato? Mary Graydon-Fontana wouldn’t say so. “I don’t think that’s a tomato,” she says. “That’s a different species that they’re taking it from.”
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