What to know about Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers across Santa Cruz County
While the Santa Cruz City Council has voted to pull out of its contract with Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based company still has its cameras up and operating in other parts of the county. Here’s Lookout’s reporting so far on Santa Cruz’s Flock exit and why Scotts Valley and the county sheriff’s office have held off on automated license plate readers.
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OPINION: I made Santa Cruz the setting for two chapters of my novel – here’s why
Max Talley, a writer living in Santa Barbara, set two pivotal chapters of his recent book “Peace, Love & Haight” in Santa Cruz. In a Community Voices op-ed, he explains why the Beach Boardwalk and the drive north up Highway 1 figure into his hippie crime novel set in 1969. His hero longs for the Summer of Love, but is confronted with the reality of mob bosses peddling hard drugs and pushing him to join them. Sounds a little like “Breaking Bad” on the Boardwalk. Read Talley’s opinion piece here.
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