If you’re eager to take down campaign yard signs first thing Wednesday morning, the City of Santa Cruz is reminding residents that they do not belong in blue recycling bins. The city is offering a recycling service specifically for yard signs, which are typically made of mixed materials incompatible with the normal recycling process.
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Santa Cruz reports Halloween crowd of 15,000, fewer arrests
The Santa Cruz Police Department on Friday estimated this year’s downtown Halloween crowd size to be 15,000 at its peak on Thursday night. There were no “significant incidents of violence” this year, the department said in a release, and arrests were down compared to last year.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Donations sought for Santa Cruz County recreation scholarships
County Park Friends is seeking donations from the public for an effort to raise $30,000 for access scholarships for local youth to participate in Santa Cruz County parks and recreation programs.
Posted inWestside / Downtown
Photos: Halloween in downtown Santa Cruz
Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud was on hand Thursday night to capture the colorful array of costumes and Halloween fun in downtown Santa Cruz.
Posted inCapitola & Soquel
Photos: Capitola Sea Witches ditch brooms for paddleboards
The Capitola Sea Witches held their annual paddle-out Thursday at the beach in Capitola. More than 50 women ditched their witches brooms and chose stand-up paddleboards to enjoy the chilly sea on a cloudy Halloween morning.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Santa Cruz County live music roundup, Oct. 31 – Nov. 4
A roundup of live music coming to venues around Santa Cruz County between Thursday, Oct. 31, and Monday, Nov. 4.
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Tree removal will close northbound lane on Highway 17
Tree removal work will result in daytime closures of one lane of northbound Highway 17 in Santa Cruz next week. Starting Monday, Nov. 4, and continuing through Thursday, Nov. 7, travelers will encounter a closure of the right lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. between Pasatiempo Drive and La Madrona Drive.
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Public input sought on Santa Cruz County transportation spending
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) is inviting the community to provide input on how it will invest voter-approved revenue from Measure D, a transportation improvement tax that was approved by voters in 2016 to provide funds for highway, trail, rail, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and transit programs in Santa Cruz County.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Santa Cruz County plans restoration work at Freedom Lake
The Santa Cruz County Parks Department is planning a “collaborative initiative” to restore and maintain Freedom Lake in Watsonville that will remove invasive and overgrown non-native vegetation that has limited access to the lake’s shore.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
New guide to Big Basin’s Redwood Loop published
A new guide to the Redwood Loop Trail at Big Basin Redwoods State Park has been published. Written by a team of biologists and environmental scientists, it addresses the effects of the catastrophic 2020 fire on the park and the long-term changes to the landscape that it ushered in, including the impact on plants and animals in the park.