Amid protests by atheists and about security guards, menorah supporters ask why the same conflict does not apply to downtown Christmas tree.
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No More Window Displays at the Residences
First Amendment rights don’t apply to rewritten lease agreements
Santa Cruz by Statistics
This year the annual Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project survey revealed a number of statistics that paint a bleak picture of life in recession-era Santa Cruz County. For example, one in 10 county residents has had to live temporarily with a family member or friend in the last year due to the cost of housing, we’ve had over 1,500 foreclosures, housing prices are dropping while rent is climbing, and the number of Latino adults with health insurance coverage tumbled from 78 percent in 2007 to 53 percent this past year.
One in Four Santa Cruz Households Living In Poverty
The high cost of living coupled with a lack of jobs means Santa Cruz County is the hardest hit in the greater Bay Area.
Bomb Detonated at Child Protective Services
A teen handed his social worker a pipe bomb (without the pipe) yesterday at the county’s Emeline offices.
Scotts Valley Man Arrested in Santa Cruz Stabbing
Jabriel Levi Grisell, 20, of Scotts Valley was arrested by the SCPD for stabbing two men during an argument last weekend.
Tax Cuts for the Rich Result in Buget Cuts for Colleges
Peter Phillips explains the roots of the current budget crises in Californian universities, and argues for a reversal of the massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.
Cayuga Halt: Santa Cruz Loses Longtime Concert Venue
The Cayuga Vault, midtown’s funky, internationally inclined concert hall is throwing its last bash Dec. 20 and shutting its doors for good at the end of the month. Chalk up another victim to the recession.
Junkie Town: Santa Cruz’s Heroin Problem
“Heroin Hill,” as it’s called by addicts and law enforcement, is a roughly 50-acre trash-strewn plot in the southeast section of the city-owned Greenbelt that’s known to addicts and cops as a substance abuse superstore with rock-bottom prices on heroin, methamphetamine, crack, marijuana, cocaine and pharmaceuticals.
A Victory for Low-Income Rentals in Santa Cruz
The owner of the Alimur Mobile Home Park in Soquel has long been pressuring the county to allow him to sell of his property so that it can be converted into a condominium style arrangement.
