Wednesday news for Capitola and Soquel.
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Corralitos / Freedom Neighborhood Newsletter for Wednesday, Oct. 21
Wednesday news for Corralitos and Freedom.
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Scotts Valley Neighborhood Newsletter for Wednesday, Oct. 21
Wednesday news for Scotts Valley.
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San Lorenzo Valley Neighborhood Newsletter for Wednesday, Oct. 21
Wednesday news for the San Lorenzo Valley.
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Wednesday evening traffic: Hwy 1 closed at Park Ave.; Hwy 9 lane closures ongoing
Wednesday traffic trouble spots in and around Santa Cruz County.
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Morning Lookout: Cruz Foam closes; taxidermy as conservation inspiration; rail trail legal setback
Santa Cruz County news and opinion headlines from Lookout for the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 21.
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Cruz Foam had a promising idea. Why couldn’t it make its sustainable packaging business work?
Cruz Foam’s biodegradable packing material made from shrimp shells and food waste attracted wide attention and big-name investors, but the Santa Cruz-based company has closed up shop after what one former exec says were struggles to solve the full range of problems its customers needed packaging to address.
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Santa Cruz taxidermy lecture explores how preserving animals can inspire conservation
After nearly 20 years in taxidermy, Allis Markham says the point isn’t realism. It’s connection. The Los Angeles-based master taxidermist will talk Thursday at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz about how salvaged animals in museums and nature centers get people to care about wildlife and the threats it faces.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Cruz Foam ceases operations; West Coast Community Bank celebrates Nasdaq listing
Santa Cruz-based Cruz Foam, which developed a biodegradable packaging made from shrimp shells and other natural materials, has closed and sold off its intellectual property, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her weekly look at local business. Meanwhile, Santa Cruz-based West Coast Community Bancorp has moved its stock listing to the Nasdaq Stock Market, a milestone executives say is more than two decades in the making.
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Meet the Capitola City Council candidates: Five people are vying for three seats
Five candidates — incumbent Joe Clarke, Cami Corvin, Tory Del Favero, TJ Welch and Peter Wilk — are competing for three open seats on the five-member Capitola City Council. Hear from each in their own words with short videos.