Aptos’ Julie Titus took home “Best in Show” at this week’s 47th annual Apple Pie Baking Contest, held at the Santa Cruz County Fair on Wednesday.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Sept. 13-19
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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Photos: First responders climb Seacliff’s stairs to mark 9/11
More than 50 people participated Wednesday in a Sept. 11 memorial climbing of the stairs at Seacliff State Beach to honor first responders lost while responding to the terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Center 23 years ago.
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Pajaro Valley school administrator charged with sexual assault
Ivan Alcaraz, executive director of student services at Pajaro Valley Unified School District, has been placed on administrative leave after being charged by Watsonville police with sexual assault on Sept. 3. Alcaraz, 37, of Watsonville, has worked in the district for more than a decade, including as assistant principal at Watsonville High School, principal at Rolling Hills High School and the district’s director of student services.
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Cabrillo College board appoints Manuel Bersamin after Martha Vega resignation
Cabrillo College’s governing board unanimously voted to appoint Manuel Bersamin to finish Martha Vega’s term through the end of this year after she resigned in July. Separately, Bersamin is running unopposed for the seat in this November’s election and will be sworn in for the full four-year term in December.
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Carmageddon: RTC hashes out Highway 1 cost overruns, discusses South County projects in latest meeting
Last week’s Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission meeting had a full agenda with topics ranging from a new executive director and Highway 1 cost overruns to a South County Coastal Rail Trail segment and other projects in the Watsonville area.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Sept. 6-12
Here, find a curated list of the best food and drink events in Santa Cruz County for the coming week. At the top, I share my picks of unmissable local happenings.
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Pajaro Valley Unified trustee Jennifer Holm’s resignation ‘a loss to the board’
On Tuesday, Pajaro Valley Unified School District trustee Jennifer Holm announced her resignation from the board, citing the “increasing demands” from her job as Cabrillo College nursing program director. A successor will be appointed to complete the remaining two years of her term. Holm told Lookout she’s proud of her tenure and doesn’t have any regrets about her time on the board.
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After neighbors object, rapist Michael Cheek won’t be placed in Aptos home
After neighbors objected, Michael Cheek, set to be released from a state hospital decades after being convicted of the rape of two young women, won’t be placed in an Aptos home.
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Pajaro Valley school board member Jennifer Holm resigns
Jennifer Holm has resigned as a member of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board of trustees effective Oct. 10, the district announced Tuesday evening. Holm, a former president of the board, has represented Area 7 on the board for the past six years. There are two years left on her term. According to a release from the district, she cited the “increasing demands” of her job as director of the nursing program at Cabrillo College.