With the county’s budget in a bind, 30 employees affiliated with the Service Employees Union International will be laid off this week, and the union now suspects that 12 more could face that same fate next week.
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Homelessness Down Across Santa Cruz County
Unemployment may be high and charitable donations may be low, but homelessness has dropped 17 percent from two years ago, according to the Applied Survey Research group of Watsonville.
Two Suspects to Face Murder Charges in Sorokin Disappearance
Assistant District Attorney Robert Wade announced that Stewart Skuba, 29, of Santa Cruz and Adam Hunt, 29, of Watsonville will be arraigned on charges of murder, robbery and kidnapping to commit robbery this morning.
What’s the Bottom Line for Santa Cruz County?
Number crunchers calculate what it will take from local government to re-patch the state budget.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Target of Researchers
Scientists are setting sail for garbage island.
Homeless Man, Six Teens, Arrested in Murder
Police round up suspects after months-long investigation of another homeless man’s stabbing.
Santa Cruz Abuzz with Bees
Researchers have identified as many as 80 native species of bees in Santa Cruz as part of a University of California study of the state’s bee population. There are approximately 4,000 native bee species in the United States, with 1,600—well over a third—in California alone. The study investigated bee species prevalent in seven urban areas statewide, with the focus in Santa Cruz on the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and the Soquel garden of Kimberly Carter Gamble.
Bad Drug Deal Behind Murder of Missing LA Man
Santa Cruz police announced that a pot deal gone bad is behind the disappearance of Elias Sorokin, 29.
Seniors to Suffer from State Budget Cuts
As the Governor went through the state’s new budget, he cut out $6.3 million in aid to the state’s senior citizens. About $380,000 of this will be borne by the seniors of Santa Cruz County.
Ten Questions for Mike Ryan
Shakespeare Santa Cruz veteran Mike Ryan hates hulking vehicles in oncoming traffic, thinks he’d make a good spy and is reading Robinson Crusoe. But wait! There’s more.
