From February till the end of April, gray whales migrate along the Santa Cruz Coast from their breeding grounds in Baja California to the Bering Sea. Not this year, cautions Sarah Graham of Santa Cruz Whale Watching. In a normal year, Graham says she sees as many as 30 pairs of mothers and calves swimming north to their feeding grounds each spring. This year she has only seen five. She fears their numbers are dwindling: “They need to be recounted and put on the endangered species list as at least threatened.”
Articles by Danny Wool
Teens Left Park before Slaying
Friends of Carl Reimer say that they had been hanging out at Grandview Park on Friday night, but left an hour before the murder because a group of gang members showed up.
Leading the Fight Against Legalization
You might think that pot growers are at the forefront of the fight to legalize marijuana in California. Irony of ironies, you’d be wrong. Many Bay Area growers oppose the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, which would transfer regulation to cities and counties. They simply don’t want to pay taxes on it, and they don’t want to open the door to competition.
Santa Cruz Firm High on Wind
Who can forget the grand finale of Disney’s Mary Poppins, “Let’s Go Fly a Kite.” Certainly not the people at Santa Cruz’s Joby Energy. They’re flying their kites to the highest height, up through the atmosphere, up where the air is clear … and the wind blows. Unlike the All-American Rejects, they won’t leave “When the Wind Blows.” They’ll be sending their wind turbines way up, 2,000 feet in fact, in order to generate electricity.
Watsonville School Introduces iPad
Stephen Sharp, headmaster of the Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, has a dream. He wants to cut down on the cost of books that the school lays out each year. He also has a plan. Buy brand new iPads instead of books, and then rent digital copies of the books for the students at a fraction of the cost. This way, he claims, the iPads will pay for themselves in about a year.
Police Rethinking Gang Member Profile
Two young friends, Tyler Tenorio and Carl Reimer, were the high-profile victims of gang violence in Santa Cruz.
Police Investigating Gang Connection in Teen Shooting
Police are still investigating the fatal shooting at Grandview Park on Friday night that left 19-year-old Carl Reimer dead.
Vagos, Hells Angels Fighting over Santa Cruz
As if Santa Cruz didn’t have enough gang problems, two rival motorcycle gangs, Vagos and Hells Angels, could be in the middle of a turf war over the city.
UCSC Adds Four More to Prestigious Academy
UCSC was once able to boast that 20 of its faculty members belonged to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious independent policy research center whose elected members consist of the cream of American academics, arts, business, and public affairs. Four more professors will be joining them in a class that includes Christiane Amanpour, Francis Ford Coppola, John Lithgow, Mike Leigh, Steve Martin and Denzel Washington.
Teen Shot Dead in Santa Cruz
Carl Reimer was an avid surfer who had finally managed to do the “backside 360” trick he had been practicing for months.
