While many Santa Cruz residents will be on the beach this Saturday, many others will be downtown to meet with members of the Guardian Angels from Santa Clara County. The group is evaluating the possibility of opening a local chapter here in response to growing gang violence.
Anarchists Gather to Explain Their Beliefs
Glenn Beck would have choked on his bile. Thursday night, a group of local anarchists met with the public at the Louden Nelson Community Center to explain their political ideology in the wake of all the bad press they’ve been getting. Anarchists have been blamed by the police for the May Day riot in downtown Santa Cruz at which local businesses were vandalized.
Tenorio Murder Suspects Appear in Court
Three men suspected of participating in the gang-related murder of Tyler Tenorio last October appeared in court on Thurday to enter a not guilty plea.
At The Beach This Saturday
There’s a good reason to go to the beach this Saturday, whether you live in Santa Cruz, California, or Omaha, Nebraska (and you didn’t think they had a beach …). Activists in all 50 states and 31 countries are gathering at noon to hold hands and call for a stop to offshore oil drilling.
Santa Cruz Gets ‘The Goat’
What are society’s limits? What is acceptable, what is not, and why? These are questions posed by Mountain Community Theater’s production of Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, a play which provoked both laughter and groans of disgust from its audience when it opened last Friday.
Whooping Cough Epidemic Hits California
It’s not even flu season yet, but California is being hit by a new epidemic, this time of whooping cough. The highly contagious disease, also known as pertussis, has shown a fourfold increase from last year, with some 910 recorded cases of the disease in the state as of June 15 and another 600 possible cases under investigation.
Four Arrested in Narcotics Raid
After repeated complaints from neighbors, police obtained a warrant to search a home on the 300 block of Spruce Street in Santa Cruz.
New MO for Rock Throwers
Santa Cruz has long had a problem with people throwing rocks at homes and businesses. Now, however, a new modus operandi seems to be emerging. People in cars are throwing rocks (and in one case, a block of wood) at pedestrians and cyclists. No one has yet to identify the perpetrators or the vehicle (or vehicles), which has alternately been described as a gray (or black) pickup truck, a dark SUV or various models of cars.
Charges Dismissed in Rock-Throwing Case
A judge has dismissed charges against Zakari Adams, suspected of throwing rocks through the windows of homes and businesses across Santa Cruz.
Study: Gray Whales In Crisis
From her boat in Moss Landing, Sarah Graham has seen several gray whales in Monterey Bay this month. But sightings of this majestic animal so late in the migration season are not normal—nor is anything else about this year. “There are not as many large groups of whales coming through the Monterey Bay, and we are seeing a lot of smaller, skinnier animals,” says Graham, who serves as West Coast Director at the California Gray Whale Coalition.
