Cabrillo College graduates 1,599
Cabrillo College saw 1,599 graduates receiving degrees and certificates on May 30.
This year’s ceremony included the first graduating class Cabrillo’s Apprenticeship Program.
Of the 27 apprentices enrolled in the program, 11 graduated this year.
Two of those students are computer information systems students, and the remaining...
Community comes together to repaint Black Lives Matter mural
More than 40 volunteers spent hours Saturday refreshing the massive Black Lives Matter street mural that is sprawled along Center Street in front of Santa Cruz City Hall.
Traffic, weather, vandalism and wear-and-tear has left the five-year-old bright yellow mural faded and chipped.
Painting the mural...
Man dies in Aptos house fire
A man died in a fire that engulfed a home in Aptos late Tuesday night.
Central Fire Division Chief Nigel Miller said firefighters were met with a multi-story home on the 1900 block of Seascape Boulevard fully engulfed in flames just before 11:30pm.
“We got a...
County supervisors signal support for MHCAN, other ‘safety net’ services
The Santa Cruz County Supervisors on Tuesday signaled their support for three human-services programs at risk of being cut when the board meets June 10 to hammer out this year’s budget.
Under the current budget proposal, Mental Health Client Action Network (MHCAN) loses its $587,000...
PG&E shuts battery storage facility after failed restart
PG&E officials halted activities around the planned restart of its battery storage facility in Moss Landing on June 1, the same day it initiated those restart activities.
Company officials say they made the decision “out of an abundance of caution,” and did not give an...
DA: Tips on avoiding senior scams
Seniors in Pajaro Village, Bay Village and Pajaro Vista were brought up to speed on a number of current scams Thursday, from phone and text messages, U.S. Postal Service, credit and debit cards, and even door to door methods in a town hall meeting...
AIDS/LifeCycle reaches finish line after 31 years
Just over three decades ago, a group of people set out on a 545-mile bicycle journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a weeklong trek that took them along rugged coastlines, through verdant agricultural fields and along vast stretches of highway.
Then called the California...
Public input sought for Measure Q Vision Plan
The County of Santa Cruz invites community members to take part in a countywide effort to help shape the Measure Q Vision Plan, which will guide investments in clean water protection, wildfire resilience, public access and preservation of parks, beaches, and natural areas.
To support...
City Council approves revenue bonds to fund Ramsay, Plaza work
On Tuesday, 7-year-old Vincent Robles was playing in Callaghan Park in downtown Watsonville, clambering over the play structures and going up and down the slide.
But what he really wanted, his mother Jessica said, was to go back to Ramsay Park, with its big slide.
“He...
Juvenile Hall remodel to include gym, garden, greenhouse
A long-unused, aging outdoor courtyard makes up the eastern portion of Santa Cruz County’s Juvenile Hall, showing its age with a weedy yard and cracked blacktop.
But a group of probation officials and youth advocates who gathered there Wednesday have big plans for the space.
These...
Jim Barsi—owner of Barsi’s Liquor Store—dies
James Joseph “Jim” Barsi, who ran his eponymous liquor store on East Lake Avenue for a half-century before selling the business and retiring in...
