More than 2,200 athletes from 33 countries and 41 U.S. states competed Saturday in the Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz triathlon. Sebastian Radilla, representing Mexico, won the men’s competition with a finish time of 4:01:30, while Serena Xue, representing Canada, won the women’s race with a time of 4:47:22.
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Sarah Christensen will lead Regional Transportation Commission
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission has a new executive director — Sarah Christensen, a senior transportation engineer at the agency. Christensen will enter into a three-year contract with the RTC and will report directly to the board of directors. She will start on Monday.
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Delays on Highway 1 likely Sept. 3-5 for pedestrian bridge work
Motorists will experience overnight delays of up to 10 minutes on a section of Highway 1 in Santa Cruz Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 3-5, as work continues on a new pedestrian bridge. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., a single lane of both northbound and southbound Highway 1 will be closed between 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive.
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Metro offers free rides, ticket discounts to Santa Cruz County Fair
The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District will offer free Metro fares and discounted tickets to the Santa Cruz County Fair at the Watsonville Fairgrounds Sept. 11-15.
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Highway 1 closures planned for Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz triathlon
A rolling closure of portions of Highway 1 will take place Sunday, Sept. 8, to accommodate the biking portion of the Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz triathlon.
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Aptos students ‘shaken’ by head-on crash of school bus
A school bus carrying 43 students from Aptos High School and Aptos Junior High was struck head-on by a Kia Forte in Watsonville Tuesday morning, injurying a student and the driver of the Kia. Affected students are being offered counseling, according to an official with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
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Fundraiser, service set for Cabrillo College student killed in crash
An online fundraising campaign is raising money to support the family of Luke Salem, a Cabrillo College student and football player who was killed in a head-on crash Aug. 17 on Freedom Boulevard in Santa Cruz, and friends and family will gather Sept. 5 for a memorial service.
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Overnight Highway 1 closures planned next week for ‘Whale Bridge’ work
Northbound lanes on a section of Highway 1 in Santa Cruz will be shut down overnight on Sunday and Monday this week, and southbound lanes shut down overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday to accommodate construction associated with a new bicycle and pedestrian overpass.
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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.