Good morning! It’s June 18 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…

Mostly sunny in Eastside / Live Oak / Pleasure Point

Today will be mostly sunny. The high will be 70 with a low of 48. Mostly sunny now, changing to sunny at 12 pm.

9 am

60°

Mostly sunny

11 am

64°

1 pm

67°

3 pm

70°

5 pm

69°

7 pm

65°

Looking ahead: Cool from tomorrow to Monday


Top news from nearby

Santa Cruz city leaders and the public are set to review a draft plan for the South of Laurel Area District, aiming to transform downtown with a new Santa Cruz Warriors arena and up to 1,600 housing units.


Roadwork is affecting traffic near you

  • The northbound lanes of SR-1 at 41st Avenue have been taking turns being closed because of paving work. This started on June 15 and will end today.
  • South SR-1 at Soquel Drive is has seen closures because of paving work. This started on June 15 and will go on until June 21.
Map of traffic incidents

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Community crime report

  • Early in the morning at 5 a.m. on June 16, someone reported a fire being deliberately set to a building located north of Broadway Street in Santa Cruz. (source)
  • Early in the morning at 2 a.m. on June 16, police were called to a business on the 500 Block of Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz because someone had thrown a rock through the front door causing a lot of damage. (source)
  • A woman was arrested for hurting someone she’s in a relationship with or lives with. This happened at 10 p.m. on June 15, close to the 600 Block of Riverside Avenue in Santa Cruz. (source)
  • A local resident was arrested near the 400 block of Melrose Avenue in Santa Cruz at 6 p.m. on June 6. The charges include having illegal drugs, showing a dangerous weapon that wasn’t a gun, making a weapon known as a leaded cane, causing a disturbance, and having commonly abused drugs. (source)
  • A person was arrested for several offenses including throwing something at a vehicle, blocking a police officer, not showing up for a court date, and being under the influence of drugs. This happened at 4 p.m. on June 6, near the 900 block of Soquel Drive in Santa Cruz County. (source)
Map of law-enforcement incidents

Things to do in Eastside / Live Oak / Pleasure Point

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Did you know?

Percent of people currently married and not separated (age 15+) in your community is

43%

compared to…

45%
47%