Readers discuss mental health and public safety.
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Greenspace’s Lydia Corser Ahead of the Curve
Lydia Corser remembers when, nearly 20 years ago, she told people that she was a “green” interior designer. She got some confused looks.
Permaculture Takes Root in Santa Cruz
“It’s spring time,” proclaims permaculture teacher David Shaw, as he clutches a hunter green steel digging fork. “Time to go.”
Inside the Homeless Shelter Controversy
When Santa Cruz city councilmember Micah Posner got home this past Thursday morning, he couldn’t help crying, thinking about the night he had just spent at the Coral Street Shelter in Harvey West.
Warriors an Instant Hit in Santa Cruz
In a season filled with bad news and bickering over trash and crime, a sports team united Santa Cruz at a time when dirty syringes had practically been on the verge of becoming the town’s new mascots.
Dominican Employees Brace for Layoffs
When Dotti McKnight left her job at the Shadowbrook restaurant in Capitola, she thought a commissary job at Dominican Hospital would be enough to support her and her husband. That was 2003.
The Truth About Hangovers
One drink to remember, another to forget. And the next thing you know, you’re waking up on a floor somewhere at 2 p.m., with a crinkled Taco Bell wrapper in your pocket and no recollection of how it or you got there.
Letters to the Editor: April 17-23
Readers tackle the larger issues behind homelessness, violence and drug addiction.
Local Conference to Educate on Alzheimer’s
Approximately 5.4 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease, the vast majority 65 years and older. But this is only the beginning—a rising life expectancy rate, combined with an enormous population of baby boomers, will balloon that number to nearly 16 million by 2050, according to figures from the Alzheimer’s Association.
Busting the Mental Illness Myths
When the voices first came to Adrian Bernard, they came in groups. Eleven years ago, those voices kept Bernard awake for five days on end, sitting up on his bed, listening to their songs and doing nothing else. He says it felt like his legs were stretched from one room of the apartment to the next.
