Imagine a day touring local artists’ workshops and getting to find out what inspires Santa Cruz’s thriving art culture. Now imagine six. Over the first three weekends in October, nearly 300 local artists will open their studio doors across Santa Cruz County—not unlike a multitude of Willie Wonkas—for the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County’s 2009 Open Studios Art Tour.
Chefs Aim High During Santa Cruz Restaurant Week
It was just a matter of time before Santa Cruz joined the ranks of cities across the country celebrating local culinary talent with Restaurant Week. In New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Diego, chefs were joining together for a week each year to entice diners out of their routines and into cosmopolitan restaurants where they might discover exotic new flavors and textures. And those cities are not the cradle of sustainable produce or home to unique viticultural appellations.
Watsonville Fire Department Gets Thermal Camera
Body-heart sensing camera has already helped firefighters make rescues
Holiday Inn Proposed for Watsonville
San Jose-based company moves quickly after Fairfield Inn approval in Santa Cruz.
Protesters Quit UCSC Building
But not before they trashed the only student-owned building on campus, say graduate students.
Elderly Woman Rescued From Fire
Two passers-by become heroes before anyone had even called 911
Santa Cruz Takes LEED Further
The LEED certification system (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is expanding from single buildings to neighborhoods, and Santa Cruz is in the vanguard. Twenty acres on the western end of Delaware Avenue, dubbed the Delaware Addition, have met approval to become a LEED Neighborhood Development-one of the first 25 in the nation.
Scottish Games Just Say ‘Aye’ to Santa Cruz
After 13 years in Ben Lomond, the Scottish Games and Celtic Festival hike up their kilts and take up residence in Santa Cruz. But let’s face it—Santa Cruz is a far cry from Scotland, and we cannot help but wonder if our lazy beach town is truly ready for the downpour of bagpipes, kilts and haggis. Chieftain Jeff Simpson is ready to prove us wrong.
National Parks in Climate Trouble
Picture a world where the Everglades are completely flooded and the Rockies are surrounded by a barren wasteland. All of the glaciers are gone and the grizzly bear is as distant a memory as the stegosaurus. Climate change could make this world a reality, and the nation’s parks could suffer some of the harshest consequences.
Environmental Study Completed for Highway 1 Expansion
With widening between the Fishhook and Morrissey complete, planners set their sights on the Morrissey-Soquel segment of Highway 1.
