Enzo Pelliccia’s Emozioni Patisserie looks to import the finest standards of French and Italian deserts to Live Oak. “It kinda scares me,” he says of opening amid the pandemic. “But at the same time it gives me strength and the power to do this. I need to do it.”
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Workers at iconic Bookshop Santa Cruz vote to unionize
Employees at Bookshop Santa Cruz voted by a count of 18-10 to joined the Communications Workers of America. Now, they enter into contract negotiations with Bookshop for a long-term contract
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Timeline for new Santa Cruz library development revealed, but aspects of big project still in flux
Plans for the new downtown Santa Cruz library are starting to come together. Here’s the latest on the development — and what’s coming up next.
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What did people think about last week’s storm evacuations? Local officials plan to find out
Debris flow town halls set up by county supervisors Bruce McPherson and Ryan Coonerty to get feedback from those who received evacuation orders during last week’s storm.
Posted inHousing & Development
Big tech, little affordable housing: County asks Facebook, Apple, Google to own part of this market’s problem
Even though Santa Cruz County has long been a bedroom community for Silicon Valley tech workers, the county has received little help from tech giants Facebook, Apple and Google to manage a festering housing affordability crisis, county supervisors say. Last week, county leaders wrote letters asking their over-the-hill neighbors for more aid with the problem.
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23 miles of Highway 1 near Big Sur are closed and repairs will take months
The biggest problem is a 150-foot-long chasm where the highway used to run at Rat Creek, two miles south of the Esalen Institute. That area, authorities noted, lies below the “burn scar” left by the Dolan fire, which blackened about 125,000 acres last August.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Santa Cruz County homing in on tiny houses as a fix for big affordability issues
To tackle housing affordability and homelessness issues in Santa Cruz County, First District Supervisor Manu Koenig wants to turn to tiny homes. County leaders are agreeing to explore the idea, though the process will take time and several questions remain.
Posted inEnvironment
Sea lions are dying from a mysterious cancer. The culprits? Herpes and DDT
Scientists have found that sea lions exposed to DDT and other chemicals in the ocean are more likely to die from a herpes-induced cancer. ‘It is extraordinary, the level of pollutants in these animals in California,’ one says.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Party house putdown: County’s revised vacation rental rules — with new caps, more teeth — near finish line
The proposed rules would change how many vacation rentals are allowed in three designated Santa Cruz County beach neighborhoods. They also would allow for ways to hold bad actors accountable, officials say.
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