A pre-dawn explosion and fire struck Capitola Village near the Esplanade on Christmas morning. Police and firefighters said no one was injured in the blaze.
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Capitola to install illuminated stop signs at intersection after hit-and-run
During a Thursday night Capitola city council meeting, council members directed staff to install illuminated stop signs at the Bay Avenue and Hill Street intersection.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Capitola’s King’s Plaza, cannabis burglaries, math business for sale
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko digs into where pharmacy closures across the county fit into the industry’s challenges nationwide, a slowdown in fall tourism, and the latest businesses opening and closing across the community.
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More changes ahead at Capitola’s King’s Plaza Shopping Center with Rite Aid closure
The Rite Aid in King’s Plaza Shopping Center in Capitola is set to close as part of the company’s bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings. The second Rite Aid closure in Santa Cruz County this year comes amid ongoing struggles for retail pharmacies, including falling sales and high debt.
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Capitola police make arrest in fatal hit-and-run collision
Capitola police arrested a Soquel woman on charges of vehicular manslaughter and hit and run causing death on Friday afternoon. Police say their investigation into the death of Debra Towne, 70, is ongoing.
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Capitola residents urge safety improvements to stretch of Bay Avenue after fatal hit-and-run
Following the hit-and-run death of 70-year-old Debra Towne on Nov. 18 in Capitola, residents are calling on city officials to make traffic safety improvements on Bay Avenue. Police are still searching for the suspect.
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High school sports roundup: Soquel into CCS football title game; Knights water polo teams end in playoffs
Soquel High will play for the Central Coast Section Division II football title after shutting out Monterey High, while Scotts Valley High’s season ended in a Division III semifinal. In water polo, both Soquel High teams saw their runs in the NorCal playoffs come to a close.
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From Ukraine to Capitola, Sugar Bakery’s Ela Crawford amasses following with macaron magic
In the two years since it launched, Capitola’s Sugar Bakery has scored big commercial clients like New Leaf Community Markets and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and earned more than 83,000 followers on Instagram. Self-taught baker and Ukrainian immigrant Ela Crawford specializes in making macarons, a notoriously difficult cookie. But before she and her husband launched the business in early 2021, she admits she had barely turned on an oven.
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Pleasure Point breakfast spot Cliff Café to close after 33 years
Since 1982, Cliff Café has been a Pleasure Point staple for home-cooked breakfast. Now, the restaurant will close at the end of November because the building will be redeveloped.
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Live music dispute ignites feud between Capitola restaurant, landlord
For the first year and half it was open, owners Lasalle and Michelle Strong featured regular live music at Capitola Bar & Grill. Landlord Steve Yates says the music is in violation of their commercial lease and disturbs the residential tenants in the building, and ordered them to cease. Now the feud is playing out with lawyers in arbitration, in court and on social media, where the Strongs allege Yates’ actions are racist.