A graduate of Cupertino High School and Evergreen College, Michael Rudometkin lived in Santa Cruz with his wife, Gloria. He was killed Wednesday morning when authorities say a VTA worker opened fired on his colleagues at the light rail yard on West Younger Ave in San Jose.
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Morning Lookout: Talking racism in Santa Cruz County, what we know about the San Jose mass shooting
Good Morning! It’s Thursday, May 27 and we’ll see intermittent clouds and a high of 72. Yesterday, a 57-year-old gunman set fire to his house and then went to work and killed nine of his co-workers at a San Jose light rail yard. The victims of this tragic mass shooting have now been identified as […]
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Ten dead, including gunman, in San Jose rail yard mass shooting; victims identified
The gunman set his own house on fire before driving to a union meeting at the VTA facility and opening fire, authorities said.
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Morning Lookout: Hundreds march in honor of George Floyd, Watsonville approves rate hikes
Hula’s Island Grill has been a fixture in the community since 2006, but when the pandemic hit, they experienced…
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Another summer of California power outages poses threat to Newsom as he faces recall
As the COVID pandemic wanes, potential summer and fall outages are a test for a governor whose first term has been defined by emergencies beyond his control.
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What we know about the gunman in San Jose mass shooting
Sources identified him as Samuel Cassidy, 57, a maintenance worker who apparently killed himself after killing eight transit employees.
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‘Stranger than fiction’: Unrelated blazes engulf RVs in Felton 15 minutes apart; injuries, spread averted
Firefighters doused two fires reported within 15 minutes of each other Tuesday night and kept spread to a minimum in a Santa Cruz Mountains community on alert for wildfire danger.
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Morning Lookout: Honoring George Floyd a year after his death, fresh salmon galore
As offices re-open and traffic worsens, an innovative program called GO Santa Cruz offers a more sustainable way to…
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Morning Lookout: Remembering Ben Kelly, ADU regulation tweaks and more
With a goal to continue their mission to uplift the community through music and music education, Kuumbwa Jazz created…
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Morning Lookout: A sign of equity, a discussion on race and rebuilding after a devastating year
A new partnership between UC Santa Cruz and United Way will support community-engaged research and offer UCSC…