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New Bridge to Benefit Steelhead Trout
Oct 09, 2009, by Staff EnvironmentDevelopment has not been kind to the steelhead trout. Once estimated to number more than 25,000 adults, there are now only about 500 who survive the swim from the Pacific Ocean to spawn deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Volunteer Arrested for Fondling Patients
Oct 09, 2009, by Staff NewsA retiree who volunteers at the Dominican Hospital was arrested on Wednesday and charged with sexual battery.
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The Randall Grahmophone
Oct 08, 2009, by Christina Waters Community
While it may come as no surprise to aficionados of the wit and wisdom long promulgated by vinographer Randall Grahm, this handsome new book from University of California Press will doubtless incite, even irritate, the far-flung empire of wine snobs, honchos and poobahs.
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Local Scientist Skipped over for Nobel Prize
Oct 08, 2009, by Staff NewsWhen Thomas Steitz, Ada Yonath, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the faculty of UCSC was puzzled.
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Police Seize Marijuana Plants
Oct 08, 2009, by Staff NewsWhile the movement to legalize marijuana in California gains momentum, the CHP is continuing to prosecute people for possession of the plant.
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Search Continues for Elias Sorokin
Oct 08, 2009, by Staff NewsIt’s been two and a half months since Elias Sorokin was murdered near Santa Cruz in an apparent drug deal gone bad.
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Santa Cruz Community TV Dangles By A Cable
Oct 08, 2009, by Curtis Cartier News
On the south end of Pacific Avenue, inside the long, cream-colored hallways and clustered, video-screen-adorned studio rooms of Community Television of Santa Cruz County, you could cut the tension with a knife. Six months past the deadline, Craig Jutson, the studio’s happy-go-lucky interim director, hasn’t been given an annual budget yet. Instead he’s been given access to funds on a quarterly basis and is staring at a cut-off date of Nov. 30 unless city and county leaders approve another few months of financing for the shoestring studio.
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The Monarch Returns To Santa Cruz
Oct 07, 2009, by Staff Environment
The skies above Santa Cruz will soon be speckled in orange and black as the monarch butterfly begins migrating southward and westward for the winter.
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Santa Cruz Credit Unions In Hot Water
Oct 07, 2009, by Staff BusinessFive of the six credit unions serving Santa Cruz County reported steep losses this past quarter. According to J. Stewart Fulle, President of the Monterey Credit Union, “These are the highest loan losses we’ve ever seen.”
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Santa Cruz Road Contractors Play Market Limbo
Oct 07, 2009, by Staff BusinessWith the economy in a downturn, road contractors are ready to do whatever it takes to find work, even if it means reducing their profits. Throughout Santa Cruz County, the cost of large public projects have dropped far beyond anticipated costs, saving the county money and getting more essential work done.
