Beginning in January, volunteers who serve on city advisory boards in Santa Cruz will be paid a stipend of $75 a meeting. It’s part of an effort to increase participation from historically underrepresented groups, including Latinx residents and renters.
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Aptos students ‘shaken’ by head-on crash of school bus
A school bus carrying 43 students from Aptos High School and Aptos Junior High was struck head-on by a Kia Forte in Watsonville Tuesday morning, injurying a student and the driver of the Kia. Affected students are being offered counseling, according to an official with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
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Aptos High School student named to Pajaro Valley school board
Daniel Esquada, a 12th grade student at Aptos High School, will be appointed by the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board of trustees Wednesday as a student trustee.
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Fundraiser, service set for Cabrillo College student killed in crash
An online fundraising campaign is raising money to support the family of Luke Salem, a Cabrillo College student and football player who was killed in a head-on crash Aug. 17 on Freedom Boulevard in Santa Cruz, and friends and family will gather Sept. 5 for a memorial service.
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Overnight Highway 1 closures planned next week for ‘Whale Bridge’ work
Northbound lanes on a section of Highway 1 in Santa Cruz will be shut down overnight on Sunday and Monday this week, and southbound lanes shut down overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday to accommodate construction associated with a new bicycle and pedestrian overpass.
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Homeless Garden Project gets $150,000 grant for retail products
The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz has been selected to participate in the California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprise and will receive a $150,000 grant funded by the state through the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. It’s one of 61 grants awarded to organizations across the state.
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Watsonville Interim City Manager Tamara Vides up for permanent job
The Watsonville City Council will vote Tuesday on naming Tamara Vides as city manager. Vides has worked for the city for three decades, the last 15 years in various positions in the City Manager’s Office, including being named deputy city manager in 2018 and assistant city manager in October 2020. She was named interim city manager in April. She similarly served in an interim role in 2021.
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$1 million grant funds Santa Cruz County wildfire prevention work
The state of California will pay for nearly $1 million worth of work in Santa Cruz County aimed at wildfire prevention and harm reduction. It’s one of 94 wildfire mitigation projects Cal Fire is funding across the state, and will fund work on Soquel San Jose Road to reduce the amount of material that might fuel a wildfire.
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Santa Cruz County seeking young adults to help shape policy
Santa Cruz County is seeking young adults ages 14 to 24 to serve on a newly formed Youth Advisory Task Force.
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Local author will mark anniversary of Conception maritime disaster
A local author who lost her sister in the Conception maritime disaster will discuss her book about it, “Her Last Voyage,” on Friday, Aug. 23, as the fifth anniversary of the tragedy that killed six Santa Cruz County residents approaches.