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Local Wines Score High on ‘Chronicle’ List
Congratulations to winemaker Richard Alfaro, whose 2010 Alfaro Family Lester Family Vineyard Pinot Noir is among a choice few local wines included in the SF Chronicle’s pick of Top 100 Wines of 2012. The wine, from their Deer Park vines, is a moderately affordable $38 and a spot-on 13.7% alcohol, loaded with terroir, black currants and forest tones.
Q&A: Tom McNary & Tran Doan
The brains behind Aptos’ Carried Away—owner/chef Tom McNary and general manager/catering coordinator Tran Doan—took a minute to talk about how they balance a café and catering service.
New Fee Gets Harbor Users Riled
Last month, public users of the Santa Cruz Harbor noticed signs posted around the harbor, informing them that a new launch fee of $10 per vehicle would be enforced. Harbor users aren’t too happy about it.
Santa Cruz City Council Holds Back on Desal
Call it another, smaller victory for opponents of the $120-plus million desal plant project in Santa Cruz, in the wake of Measure P’s success. The Santa Cruz City Council voted last week to approve some—but not all—of the $390,000 the water department requested for the project’s next steps.
Q&A: Pasta Mike
Mike Ruymen, the Santa Cruz fixture behind the Pasta Mike brand, took a minute to talk about his noodling.
Tom Breszny Does Pac Rim Food Tour
In the domain of the totally unexpected, a recent email from entrepreneurial legend Tom Breszny arrived with a mouth-watering invitation. Brezsny, you might recall, was one of the original partners in the former India Joze empire when it filled the Art Center dining rooms in downtown Santa Cruz. Brezsny usually ran the front of the house, but did his stints in the kitchen as well, soaking up spicy expertise from maestro Joseph Schultz himself.
Officials to Discuss Energy-Saving Options
Santa Cruz’s ambitious plan is to reduce its emissions to 15 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, well in excess of what the Global Warming Solutions Act suggests. And the county aims to cut emissions 42 percent below 2009 levels by 2035.
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 5-11
A local vet voices her support for pit bulls and another guy really, really hates lawyers.
Local Desal Opponents Get Ambitious After Victory
As it became clear on election night that Measure P would win by a landslide, Rick Longinotti spelled out a new agenda for desal opponents: “This changes everything,” he said. “City council will know they can’t win a vote on desalination.”
