The SCPD promoted four of its best yesterday, with three police officers raised to the rank of sergeant and one sergeant raised to the rank of lieutenant.
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Ten Questions For Nina Simon
Nina Simon talks about her job as owner of Museum 2.0, the mysterious Mystery Spot Road and the trick to getting interesting work.
Santa Cruz’s Strange Brew
Alec Stefansky learned to make beer in his UC-Santa Cruz dorm room, where he hid five-gallon batches from campus authorities and shared home-brewed pints among his roommates. It was a common enough way to begin. But today the 31-year-old is a professional brewer quickly ascending into the ranks of West Coast weird-beer stardom.
Farmland Set Aside for Posterity
A Pajaro Valley farmer and philanthropist has set aside for conservation 364 acres of farmland used to grow raspberries and strawberries.
Man Accused of Hate Crime Turns Himself in to Police
Redwood City resident Cole White, 24, turned himself in to the police yesterday after a judge signed a warrant for his arrest.
A New Festival for Santa Cruz? But for What?
City Councilmember Don Lane and former Mayor Emily Reilly have an idea to raise money for Santa Cruz. They want to launch an annual festival, much like Gilroy’s famous Garlic Festival, with proceeds going to support local charities. It’s a great idea, but they haven’t quite thought it through. While they insist it become “a signature event” for Santa Cruz and a means of promoting off-season tourism, they haven’t decided exactly what it should celebrate.
Santa Cruz Sentinel Online Forum Draws Ire
Tired of virtual vitriol, local officials are requesting better monitoring of Sentinel online forums.
“Santa Cruz Has Everything—But You,” A Poem By Frank R. Bretlinger
“Santa Cruz Has Everything—But You” was written in the early twentieth century by Frank R. Bretlinger, a Socialist candidate for mayor of Santa Cruz in 1911.
One Hate, One Fear
Andy Samberg’s brilliant Saturday Night Live character “Ras Trent” navigates a day in the life of a reggae-loving college student, from the “shanty dorm” to his part-time job at “Jah Cold Stone Creamery” and, of course, his DVD of Cool Runnings. The skit is hilarious because everyone knows a suburban “rude boy,” complete with the blonde dreadlocks and Bob Marley silkscreen, who smokes way too much weed. Reggae music is pervading our culture like never before, from annual festivals to skanking reggae remakes of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Dark Side of the Moon.
Will Santa Cruz Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries?
Santa Cruz City Council could debate a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries as soon as Jan. 12.
