Fallen power lines are believed to be responsible for a small wildfire in Boulder Creek yesterday between Highway 9 and Logan Creek Road. No mandatory evacuations were required, and the fire was quickly brought under control.
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Freelancers
You’d think the easiest way to find out about the effectiveness of “coworking”—the phenomenon whereby work-at-homers, freelancers and other indie business strangers elect to set up shop in a building and find out what happens—is to ask the coworkers (not to be confused with the tradition-bound drones known as “co-workers”) themselves. Trouble is, they’re all too busy working.
Self-Employment Gets A Grip in Santa Cruz
They’ve come from around the country and the world to gather on the bare concrete floor of an empty office building and talk shop. A sea of laptop-clutching writers, photographers, graphic designers, IT specialists, engineers, public relations officials and advertisement representatives with one thing in common: they never want to work for another boss again.
Santa Cruz to Vote on Major Smoking Ban
Citing the dangers of second-hand smoke and the number of cigarette butts littering the streets and beaches, city leaders in Santa Cruz will meet Tuesday, Sept. 8 to extend a smoking ban through much of downtown.
Vigil for Healthcare Reform
Supporters of healthcare reform will be gathering under the clock tower in downtown Santa Cruz this evening for a candlelight vigil.
LBAM Strikes Again
About 50 people gathered in Watsonville’s Civic Center on Monday to protest plans by the by the California Department of Food and Agriculture to eradicate the light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) from California.
Time for An Oceans Policy Overhaul
“The Mayors’ Summit was about more than just plastic litter,” writes Jim Ayers, vice-president of Oceana and director of the Exxon Valdez cleanup. “It was about recognizing that we all have a shared past and future dependent on healthy oceans, and that efforts to protect them are now paramount in the face of climate change and ocean acidification.”
Ten Questions for JP McDaniel
Right in the middle of tomato season, the dry-farming expert at Sea Level Farm in Corralitos takes time to answer our questions.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a house!
President of the Sunrise Rotary Club hopes to raise awareness by raising a house.
Watsonville Crime Down 17 Percent
Watsonville law enforcement surprised but delighted by positive news.
