The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz has been selected to participate in the California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprise and will receive a $150,000 grant funded by the state through the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. It’s one of 61 grants awarded to organizations across the state.
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Watsonville Interim City Manager Tamara Vides up for permanent job
The Watsonville City Council will vote Tuesday on naming Tamara Vides as city manager. Vides has worked for the city for three decades, the last 15 years in various positions in the City Manager’s Office, including being named deputy city manager in 2018 and assistant city manager in October 2020. She was named interim city manager in April. She similarly served in an interim role in 2021.
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$1 million grant funds Santa Cruz County wildfire prevention work
The state of California will pay for nearly $1 million worth of work in Santa Cruz County aimed at wildfire prevention and harm reduction. It’s one of 94 wildfire mitigation projects Cal Fire is funding across the state, and will fund work on Soquel San Jose Road to reduce the amount of material that might fuel a wildfire.
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Santa Cruz County seeking young adults to help shape policy
Santa Cruz County is seeking young adults ages 14 to 24 to serve on a newly formed Youth Advisory Task Force.
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Local author will mark anniversary of Conception maritime disaster
A local author who lost her sister in the Conception maritime disaster will discuss her book about it, “Her Last Voyage,” on Friday, Aug. 23, as the fifth anniversary of the tragedy that killed six Santa Cruz County residents approaches.
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Temporary traffic lights, one-way traffic part of work on Highway 9
Temporary traffic lights, flaggers and one-way traffic patterns will affect stretches of Highway 9 due to construction work that started Monday and will stretch into the fall.
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Bicycle and road safety focus of events in Santa Cruz and Watsonville
Events in Santa Cruz and Watsonville this week will highlight bicycle and road safety as students return to school this fall.
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Santa Cruz County warns of uptick in supply of ‘tranq’ fentanyl mix
Santa Cruz County public health officials on Thursday issued a warning about an uptick of xylazine in the area’s illegal drug supply. When combined with fentanyl, the sedative typically used on animals as a pain reliever, is known as “tranq.”
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Visit Santa Cruz County eyes tourism opportunities in China, South Korea
Visit Santa Cruz County, the region’s nonprofit tourism marketing organization, says it is exploring opportunities to lure more visitors from “previously untapped markets,” and sees significant opportunity in China and South Korea.
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CZU Lightning Complex fire anniversary marked with poetry event
Santa Cruz Public Libraries will mark the four-year anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex fire from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Felton Branch Library with the “Heavy Lift Listening Tour,” an interactive poetry and storytelling event featuring artist Felicia Rice and poet Theresa Whitehill.
