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Articles by Santacruz.com Staff
Environmental Study Completed for Highway 1 Expansion
With widening between the Fishhook and Morrissey complete, planners set their sights on the Morrissey-Soquel segment of Highway 1.
Santa Cruz—The City of Stabbings?
Two men, ages 29 and 38, were knifed in a public restroom yesterday evening in yet another stabbing incident in Santa Cruz.
Hoodia Supplement Subject to Lawsuit
District attorneys from Santa Cruz and eight other counties have launched a lawsuit against three companies claiming that their products contained hoodia supplements as a weight-loss aid.
UCSC Gets Grant to Digitize Grateful Dead Collection
“California, I’ll be knocking on the golden door,” could be the new motto of UCSC this week.
County Appeals to DC to Help Fix the Levees
County officials in Santa Cruz are fed up with the stalemate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over how to fix the Pajaro River levees. The Army has offered $163 solution to repair the aging levees, but county officials led by Supervisor Tony Campos say that this is not enough, and demand a more thorough overhaul of the system. Since their negotiations with the Army have gotten nowhere, they decided to raise the stakes a notch by appealing directly to the federal government.
Santa Cruz Nonprofit to Use VR to Combat Drug Addiction
The Janus Community Clinic, a non-profit organization based in Santa Cruz, is adopting a new approach to fighting heroin addition: a virtual reality world.
Tsunami Advisory for Santa Cruz Coast
All of Central California, including the Santa Cruz coast, is under advisory for a minor tsunami, following the 8.0 earthquake in American Samoa yesterday.
New Paratransit Vans Coming to UCSC
Disabled students at UCSC will soon be benefiting from three new ADA complian paratransit vans to replace the existing vehicles.
Water Restrictions Having an Impact
Santa Cruz water restrictions should be lifted by late October, but that is no assurance that the city will be back to how things once were.
