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Santa Cruz County to Host Homeless Vets
News Aug 11, 2009, by StaffFor three days in September, Santa Cruz County will play host to homeless veterans, providing them with food, clothing, health screenings, and help in finding jobs.
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Crowded Classrooms for PVUSD
News Aug 10, 2009, by StaffThe Pajaro Valley Unified School District has long been proud of its small kindergarten and elementary school classes, with no more than 20 students per teacher.
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Police Seek Help in Catching Mugger
News Aug 10, 2009, by StaffSanta Cruz police are continuing to investigate the mugging of an 81-year old blind woman two weeks ago, as she walked home from a Westside grocery.
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Search Continues for Elias Sorokin
News Aug 07, 2009, by StaffThe Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has already filed kidnapping and murder charges against two men suspected of involvement in the disappearance of Elias Sorokin, but Sorokin’s body has yet to be found.
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Thursday at the Santa Cruz clock tower, women’s services advocates rallied to protest the complete elimination of state support to domestic violence services under the state’s Department of Public Health.
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Students Rescued after Sailing Mishap
News Aug 06, 2009, by StaffFour UCSC sailboats overturned yesterday afternoon during a sailing class. The students were brought to shore within 15 minutes of the incident, and no injuries were reported. Read more at the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Tightening of the Santa Cruz Greenbelt
News Aug 05, 2009, by Michelle Camerlingo 2 Comments
IN THE CRISP light of a spring day, Cathy Puccinelli stands quietly, her eyes taking in the land that has been in her family for more than 100 years. The echo of flowing water from the adjacent Pogonip Creek is a perfect backdrop for the sprawling seven-acre property, made up of a cottagelike farmhouse with a well-kept yard and a large organic farming field.
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Puccinelli says the land hasn’t changed much since her Italian immigrant grandparents bought it in 1900 to farm. “But no one wanted it then,” she says. “It was right next to the tannery, so it smelled of blood and hide.” (With slide show) -
New Funds to Boost UC-Santa Cruz Infrastructure
News Aug 05, 2009, by StaffState Treasurer Bill Lockyer announced a move Aug. 4 to improve University of California infrastructure across eight campuses by setting up $200 million in bond funds. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that UC-Santa Cruz will receive $64 million, which will go toward the new Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Facility.
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30 Santa Cruz County Workers Laid Off This Week
News Aug 05, 2009, by StaffWith the county’s budget in a bind, 30 employees affiliated with the Service Employees Union International will be laid off this week, and the union now suspects that 12 more could face that same fate next week.
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Homelessness Down Across Santa Cruz County
News Aug 05, 2009, by StaffUnemployment may be high and charitable donations may be low, but homelessness has dropped 17 percent from two years ago, according to the Applied Survey Research group of Watsonville.
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