Betty Burgers, Vim Dining & Desserts, and Cantine Winepub have each been selected to receive grants of $5,000 from PG&E to help support women and minority-owned local businesses across the Central Coast.
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Breastfeeding Walk & Health Fair come to Laurel Park Aug. 7
Community Bridges is hosting its 18th annual Breastfeeding Walk & Health Fair at Laurel Park from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7
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Major Scotts Valley fire damages 10 vehicles
A massive blaze destroyed five vehicles and damaged five more in Scotts Valley over the weekend and interrupted the first day of camp for Mission Springs’ Outdoor Education Camp.
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As Trump, Republicans toy with selling off public lands, is Santa Cruz’s own Cotoni-Coast Dairies national monument protected?
Nearly a decade after its designation, Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument is set to open next month — protected by deed restrictions even as threats to public lands loom in D.C.
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Two killed in head-on collision between Tesla and Harley Davidson on Highway 9
Two people are dead after a head-on collision this past weekend between a Tesla and a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highway 9. California Highway Patrol said an 18-year-old San Jose woman was driving a Tesla Model 3 northbound on Highway 9 near the Summit around 4:47 p.m. on Saturday when the car collided with a […]
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On Ocean Street, an abandoned phone booth found new life as a poetry project. Then it vanished.
Armed with poetry and disguised as workers, three Santa Cruz artists secretly converted a forgotten phone booth into a shrine for grief. No one noticed, until authorities quietly removed the unauthorized installation. The project raised questions about modern disconnection and the boundaries between public art and private infrastructure.
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Historic route change marks 53rd Wharf to Wharf race as 16,000 runners navigate altered course
A historic route change forced by Murray Street Bridge construction couldn’t dampen spirits as Santa Cruz County’s’s popular annual Wharf to Wharf race adapted, drawing 16,000 runners to the six-mile oceanside route on Sunday and maintaining its community charm.
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Three Monterey men ID’d as occupants of small plane that crashed off coast of Pacific Grove
Three Monterey County men perished after a twin-engine Beechcraft aircraft crashed into the waters off Pacific Grove near Point Pinos Saturday night.
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A deadly bacteria is threatening marine animals along Santa Cruz County’s coast
A bacterial infection, leptospirosis, is increasingly infecting marine mammals along California’s Central Coast, challenging researchers and rescue centers.
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Scotts Valley secures $1 million in promised federal funding for Town Center
The City of Scotts Valley has secured $1 million funding promised by the federal government last year to help develop the Town Center property, marking a milestone in the 30 years of attempts to develop the former Skypark Airport.