The WK Kellogg Foundation has awarded the Santa Cruz County Community Coalition to Overcome Racism a three-year, $150,000 grant to study systemic racism in the county. The council plans to use the money to investigate the extent of racism in local education, law enforcement, and immigration.
Santa Cruz County Gets the Dope on Dope
The figures are in. If California does decide to legalize pot, Santa Cruz County could benefit to the tune of $7 million dollars. This is what the Santa Cruz Grand Jury determined in a report entitled, “Getting the Dope on Dope: The Grand Jury Attempts to Clear the Smoke in the Joint from the Numbers.”
A Lohan Ban?
For a time even the break room at the downtown Santa Cruz New Leaf sported a photo of the troubled actress with the words “kombucha killer” scrawled across it.
Stores Yank Kombucha From Shelves in Santa Cruz
The federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, at the behest of the Food and Drug Administration, released a statement saying it had received complaints from Arizona, Maine, Minnesota and Vermont about the tea and that the alcohol-by-volume levels in some instances were found to “significantly exceed” the 0.5 percent allowed for products not registered as beers, wines or spirits.
Biking Bank Robber Eludes Police
There was no getaway car for the man who robbed a Westside branch of the Comerica Bank on Monday. After leaving the bank with an undisclosed amount of money, he hopped on his bike and pedaled away
The Wind and the Wharf
There’s a problem with the Wharf. The popular tourist spot is also a drain on electricity, consuming about 100 times more than the average home. Now a group of recent UCSC graduates are trying to figure out whether the Wharf can be energy self-sufficient.
Food Bank Looks to Tackle Obesity
Santa Cruz County is faced with an obesity epidemic, even though as many as 60,000 people—some 33 percent more than just two years ago, are dependent on food banks to meet their nutritional needs.
Santa Cruz Collaborating with Mexico on Cold Cases
For the first time ever, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office will be collaborating with Mexican law enforcement officials to help identify the remains of missing and dead Mexican nationals in the county. According to Sergeant Dan Campos, some 40 such cases are currently under investigation.
Guardian Angels Hit Streets in Santa Cruz
On Saturday, Guardian Angels patrolled the streets of Santa Cruz to give gang members a warning that they will not be tolerated here anymore. According to Ron Kanbel of the Santa Clara County Guardian Angels, the Angels are not looking to start fights. They are simply a visual presence, and an often intimidating one at that.
Santa Cruz Poet Puts Verses in Matchbooks
Has Twitter influenced the way we read fiction? Perhaps. Kyle Peterson has launched a new matchbook literary magazine, published in a matchbook of course.
