Tag: Downtown Santa Cruz Wed, May 23, 2012
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Journalists Say They Were Targeted for Covering Occupy
News Apr 03, 2012, by Jacob Pierce 4 Comments
After surveying the December damage to a vacant bank building owned by Wells Fargo that included graffiti, broken cameras and damaged ceiling tiles, investigators from Santa Cruz Police Department went to work. They came up with preliminary list of 12 suspects—out of more than 75 who passed through the building—involved in the three-day occupation of 75 River Street. Police handed their list over to county District Attorney Bob Lee’s office, and Lee’s office served 11 warrants to suspects.
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Activists Put Santa Cruz Underwater for an Evening
News Jan 25, 2012, by Jacob Pierce
It was a curious scene as the sun set over Santa Cruz City Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 24. A team of wetsuit-clad activists, snorkelers and people in jellyfish costumes gathered for a downtown parade to show Santa Cruz how it all could look if people don’t take global warming seriously enough. County Treasurer Fred Keeley served as the evening’s tour guide.
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 18-24, 2012
Opinion Jan 17, 2012, by Guest Writers 4 CommentsOur readers sound off on the dog poop blues, modern astrology, and our future according to the Long Count Mayan calendar.
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Santa Cruz Submerged
NewsEnvironment Jan 17, 2012, by Jacob Pierce 3 Comments
A team of snorkelers, boogie boarders and life jacket-clad activists will wander Pacific Avenue for an ocean-themed, only-in-Santa Cruz parade this Tuesday, Jan. 24. And it’s all in the name of climate change education. If temperatures continue rising, experts say much of downtown Santa Cruz could one day be underwater. “All of this is very, very hard to imagine because it’s so scary,” says Transition Santa Cruz’s Michael Levy. “One way to think about it is by laughing.”
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Which Way on Pacific Avenue?
NewsBusiness Nov 22, 2011, by Jacob Pierce 3 Comments
Even before Santa Cruz’s Public Works Department temporarily stymied the debate about turning Pacific Avenue into a two-way street—decreeing that public safely won’t allow it—some locals had strong ideas on how to re-engineer the business district’s main artery.
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