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Labor’s big blitz leads third-party spending in Santa Cruz County races
Service Employees International Union Local 521 has spent big in Santa Cruz County supervisor and Santa Cruz City Council races this cycle. Santa Cruz Together and the owner of a local pedicab also jumped into independently advertising local candidates ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Continue reading…
Jury awards $7.2 million to ex-UCSC police lieutenant in racial discrimination suit
Former UC Santa Cruz police officer Glenn Harper was awarded $7.2 million after a jury ruled in his favor in a racial discrimination lawsuit against the University of California. His attorney says Harper has another action pending to get his job back at UCSC. Continue reading…
Eaters Digest: Bo Thai at Dharma’s
Capitola vegetarian/vegan mainstay Dharma’s is Lily Belli’s go-to this week. Continue reading…
Fact check: Will buildings in Santa Cruz’s downtown expansion plan be only 7 to 8 stories tall?
When the Santa Cruz Warriors announced their opposition to Measure M, the organization shared a letter written by former Santa Cruz mayor Hilary Bryant and United Way of Santa Cruz County CEO Keisha Browder that included a statement that no buildings in the Warriors development project would exceed 85 feet — about seven or eight stories. Is that true? Continue reading…
Where is the money coming from in Santa Cruz County supervisor races?
Across three races for seats on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, money has been flowing from all over the county and even beyond its borders. Continue reading…
