The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has received negative COVID-19 test results for all of its 300-plus inmates, a spokesperson said Thursday. But public defenders and inmate advocates say their faith in jail safety is still shaken.
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Santa Cruz police seek public’s help in finding shooting suspect
Officers found the 33-year-old victim in a campsite on a hillside in Sycamore Grove, police said in a Facebook post. The man’s injuries were not life-threatening.
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‘Dumb and irresponsible’: Officials slam ‘large gathering’ that might have caused COVID-19 jail outbreak
Attendees of event test positive and negative as full scope of jail outbreak remains unclear. The gathering, a county supervisor said, “should not have happened.”
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Scotts Valley extends outdoor dining, fitness classes through end of May as pandemic drags on
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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What to know about California’s new master plan to reshape early education and child care
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Location feature on stolen iPhone, plus quick action by victim, foil teens who robbed jogger at gunpoint
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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If convicted, could Madyson Middletons’s alleged murderer still walk free within 4 years?
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a related case that could determine whether Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, accused of killing 8-year-old Madyson in 2015, could spend the rest of his life in prison or be released much sooner.
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County officials investigating if ‘party’ attended by sheriff’s employees led to COVID-19 jail outbreak
Illuminée Studio and other local businesses are staying strong during the pandemic thanks in part to Santa Cruz County…
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Who is Manu? Winner of 2020’s most-watched local political race prepares to step in
For the record, it’s MAH-noo, not MAN-noo. However it’s pronounced, Manu Koenig’s name now has a new currency in Santa Cruz County politics, one shaped in part by a cyclist-architect grandfather, a Massachusetts boarding school and a background in tech.
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Newsom’s top 5 candidates for Kamala Harris’s Senate seat all have climate in their bios
The list includes California’s attorney general and secretary of state, two congresswomen and the mayor of Long Beach.
