Inside the central kitchen at Pajaro Valley Unified School District in Watsonville, food service workers arrive at 6am to prepare the daily lunch shipment. Donning aprons and hair nets, the lunch ladies stand in assembly-line fashion as they remove individually-wrapped frozen chicken patties from cardboard boxes, sandwich them between two buns and place them along a conveyer belt where they are shrink-wrapped for delivery to the district’s schools.
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Outside Lands Music Festival: The Weekend in Photos
Curtis Cartier shares photos from the three-day music bonanza in Golden Gate Park.
One Another’s Burdens
One son’s ailing father reminds him to take a different look at the health care debate.
Santa Cruz Surfing Club Lawsuit Bound for Court
Despite attempts to settle out of court, the dispute between surf club founders and a former member’s grandson appears to be heading for the courtroom.
Wikipedia to Institute UCSC Extension
Researchers at the UCSC Wiki Lab have come up with a new extension that will help users navigate between reliable and less reliable information found at the website.
Summit Road Fire Kept in Santa Clara County
Firefighters from Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties were able to contain two small fires that erupted near the Mount Madonna School in Summit.
Dominican Hospital Adopts New Emergency Room Procedures
Since April, the emergency room has not had to close at all, thanks to a series of new measures initiated by the hospital.
A Supermarket in Santa Cruz
Across two streets from my old house on Younglove Ave., with only U Save Liquors in between, stood the sprawling monstrosity of the ancient Safeway, the Westside’s sole supermarket.
Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park to Stay Open
Residents of the Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park won a victory Thursday night when the Capitola City Council voted unanimously that the park should remain open. According to City Council members, relocation benefits that the park owner offered to pay the residents failed to meet the requirements of California Government Code Section 65590 and 65590.1, better known as the Mello Act.
Scotts Valley Vandalism May Be Linked to UCSC Incident
Police investigating $500,000 in vandalism to a Scotts Valley construction site are considering whether the incident is related to similar vandalism at UCSC’s McHenry Library construction site earlier this summer.
