With pink slips going out to dozens of teachers across Santa Cruz County, education officials are concerned that music and art programs in schools could be the first to go.
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Santa Cruz Clinics Line Up for Funds
Erika Hearon spent Sunday night glued to the television in the small, handsome living room of her mobile home in Live Oak, watching as the House of Representatives slowly collected itself to pass historical health care reform legislation. “For about two, three hours I watched pretty intently,” she says.
Local Vet Performs Surgery on Bats
Some vets specialize in cats and dogs. Other specialize in farm animals. Kerrin Hoban specializes in bats. She’s already performed dozens of microsurgical procedures on the flying mammals at the Harbor Veterinary Hospital.
Redwoods Destined for Highway Merger
It’s a labor of love for Luen Miller, 54, and Clark Magruder, 59. For the past three years, the two men have been collecting redwood cuttings from trees across the county and raising them at Miller’s nursery. Some of them are already 8 feet tall, and just about ready to be replanted along the Highway 1/17 Merge Lane Project.
Time for Santa Cruz to Dump Plastic Bags
Save Our Shores, the leader in ocean awareness, advocacy and action on the Central Coast, supports the adoption of a countywide effort to ban single-use plastic bags.
Many other cities have taken similar action recently including Palo Alto, San Francisco and Oakland. Save Our Shores believes that a full ban on single use plastic bags is an effective way to reduce the threat that plastic bags pose to our local ecosystems, reduce our burden on landfills and reduce unsightly litter in our community.
Ten Questions For Judi Oyama
Born and raised in Santa Cruz, graphic designer Judi Oyama talks about her work with a non-profit organization, skate boarding, and following one’s dreams.
Smoking Ban for Parks and Beaches Goes to State Vote
The state legislature will be voting on Monday whether to ban smoking in state parks and beaches. If it is passed, the law will impact over one dozen parks and beaches in Santa Cruz County. An effort to pass the ban yesterday fell five votes short of the necessary majority.
UCSC Leads Effort to Save Endangered Seal
Hoailona doesn’t have many relatives, but he does have plenty of friends. He is one of a just 1,100 monk seals in the world today, and with that population declining by 4 percent every year, the species, now deemed critically endangered, could soon become extinct.
The Best of Overheard at the Record Store’
“Dude, the new Whitesnake kicks ass. It seriously kicks ass, bro.”
“Sir, I know what a train is. Please stop.”
“I smoke outside. I don’t care about my lungs but I don’t want to ruin my records.”
Grahm Inducted into Winegrowers Hall of Fame
Randall Grahm, the founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard, has raised an “ungodly” number of grape varieties since he first established his vineyard in 1983. He’s also worked in a variety of styles, though today he is probably best known for his Rhone blends. On Saturday he was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America’s Vintners Hall of Fame in recognition of over one-quarter century of contributions to the California wine industry. These go “go well beyond what any one person could hope to accomplish in a lifetime,” said the chair of the nominating committee, W. Blake Gray.
