Mysterious, tagged flamingo appears in Elkhorn Slough.
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Catch the Wind?
Remember the old Donovan song “Catch the Wind”? It seems to have inspired several Silicon Valley residents, who want to build wind turbines on their property as a source of alternative energy. Just last month, Adobe added 20 “wind spires” to the roof of its San Jose garage, claiming that they were an architectural enhancement. Other cities and towns in the Bay Area are less accommodating.
Santa Cruz County Investors Think Local
Everyone loves to hate the big banks these days. So much so that a national movement called Move Your Money, which encourages individuals to take their money out of our nation’s biggest banks and place it with community banks and credit unions, has enjoyed a groundswell of support since it came out a month ago. Even local banks have noticed.
Skunk Rescue in Aptos
In an email to Santa Cruz Weekly, group founder Rebecca Dmytryk says she responded to a private Aptos residence around 1pm on Monday where the skunk had been trapped for about five hours. With video.
Walk the Talk on Tolerance
It is disappointing that Rabbi Abraham Cooper, representing the Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance in Los Angeles and a speaker at Temple Beth El last week, is a chief advocate for building a new “Museum of Tolerance” on top of a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem. This hardly seems consistent with the Wiesenthal Center’s declared purpose of “worldwide promotion of tolerance education.”
Two New Faces Join Santa Cruz Council Race
Bonnie Moor, a bus driver, best known as the face of the United Transportation Union Local 23 and Mark Halfmoon, a local TV personality, who hosted the Community TV show “Voices” are both running for election to the Santa Cruz City Council.
Cash for Carpools at Cabrillo College
Forget about Cash for Clunkers. Cabrillo College in Aptos is launching a new Cash for Carpool program. As part of the school’s efforts to get students to find more sustainable ways to get to school each day, the college is promoting biking, walking, and, yes, carpooling.
Anna Deavere Smith to Speak at UCSC MLK Convocation
Anna Deavere Smith, a celebrated actress, author and playwright known for using documentary approaches to art, will deliver the keynote address at Santa Cruz’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Feb. 11.
Jogger Finds Body Near Railroad Tracks
A jogger running along the railroad tracks on Santa Cruz’s Westside this Saturday found the body of a UCSC student.
UCSC Student Has Too Much Time on His Hands
UCSC student Sebastian Wolff says he’s bilingual, but he’s actually trilingual. In addition to English and German, Wolff also speaks Na’vi, the language spoken by the big blue Smurfs in the James Cameron epic Avatar. Not only does he speak it. He’s also helping to teach it at his website LearnNavi.org.
