A new action film, “In Grit Fashion,” being shot in Santa Cruz. It’s a gritty tale of a conman just released from prison, a hitman, and a cop gone bad, racing for $5 million in diamonds. It’s a low budget production too, coming in at $15,000, less than it cost to film about a quarter of a second on James Cameron’s Pandora.
Articles by Danny Wool
Santa Cruz Passes a Budget … Sort of …
Santa Cruz City Council approved the city’s budget at their Tuesday meeting. The total cost of the budget is $78 million. The problem, though, is that the budget still has a $2.2 million deficit, meaning that the city may yet have to dip into its emergency reserves.
Terror Charges Dismissed Against Animal Rights Activists
Maryam Khajavi, Joseph Buddenberg, Adriana Stumpo and Nathan Pope certainly don’t look like your typical al-Qaeda wannabes. That’s what U.S. District Judge Ronald M. Whyte ruled on Monday, when he tossed out charges of terrorism against the four for participating in threatening rallies outside the home of a UC researchers in 2009.
Rich and Single? You’re in the Right Place
CNN and Money Magazine list Santa Cruz as one of the best places in the nation to find your rich and single soul mate. According to CNN, almost half of Santa Cruz County’s population, 45 percent, is single, and the average family income here is $91,162.
Santa Cruz Libraries Looking for Funding
Santa Cruz’s public libraries have come to the conclusion that the city really isn’t going to give them the money they maintain their relevance. That’s okay. They decided to take matters into their own hands, and launched their first ever capital campaign, intending to raise $1 million.
Local Hotels May be Required to Ask for ID
It’s not just Arizona that’s asking people for papers. Santa Cruz authorities are considering a new law that will require hotel and motel owners to ask for ID before providing rooms to customers.
Groundbreaking for Marine Sanctuary Center
Crowds will be gathering opposite Cowell Beach and the Municipal Wharf today for the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, a project that has been in the works for the past five years. The $15 million project is a joint venture of the city and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Farmers and Enviros Fight over Water Quality Rules
At an open meeting of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Review Board in Watsonville, environmental groups argued that nitrates used in fertilizers and pesticides are threatening the region’s water supplies. Their claim was challenged by local growers, who responded that they have taken steps to reduce the amount of nitrates used, including the expanded use of drip irrigation. Drip irrigation technologies enable them to get water and nutrients directly to the roots of their plants, thereby cutting down the use of both considerably. They further argued that the nitrates that they are being asked to clean up are “legacy nitrates” from previous generations of farmers in the region.
Santa Cruz Quiet but Gearing for Protests
At least 86 people have been arrested in Oakland in riots following the reading of the verdict in the Johannes Mehserle trial yesterday afternoon. Mehserle, an Oakland police officer, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the murder of Oscar Grant. According to eyewitnesses and video evidence, Mehserle shot Grant in the back after he had been arrested and restrained by the police.
More Gang Violence in Santa Cruz
A 33-year-old man was shot multiple times on Tuesday morning as he was walking to work.
