Archives
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Holiday Inn Proposed for Watsonville
Oct 02, 2009, by Staff BusinessSan Jose-based company moves quickly after Fairfield Inn approval in Santa Cruz.
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Protesters Quit UCSC Building
Oct 02, 2009, by Staff NewsBut not before they trashed the only student-owned building on campus, say graduate students.
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Elderly Woman Rescued From Fire
Oct 02, 2009, by Staff NewsTwo passers-by become heroes before anyone had even called 911
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Santa Cruz Takes LEED Further
Oct 02, 2009, by Austin Sardella EnvironmentBusiness
The LEED certification system (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is expanding from single buildings to neighborhoods, and Santa Cruz is in the vanguard. Twenty acres on the western end of Delaware Avenue, dubbed the Delaware Addition, have met approval to become a LEED Neighborhood Development-one of the first 25 in the nation.
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Scottish Games Just Say ‘Aye’ to Santa Cruz
Oct 02, 2009, by Rula al-Nasrawi Community
After 13 years in Ben Lomond, the Scottish Games and Celtic Festival hike up their kilts and take up residence in Santa Cruz. But let’s face it—Santa Cruz is a far cry from Scotland, and we cannot help but wonder if our lazy beach town is truly ready for the downpour of bagpipes, kilts and haggis. Chieftain Jeff Simpson is ready to prove us wrong.
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National Parks in Climate Trouble
Oct 01, 2009, by Rula al-Nasrawi Environment
Picture a world where the Everglades are completely flooded and the Rockies are surrounded by a barren wasteland. All of the glaciers are gone and the grizzly bear is as distant a memory as the stegosaurus. Climate change could make this world a reality, and the nation’s parks could suffer some of the harshest consequences.
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Environmental Study Completed for Highway 1 Expansion
Oct 01, 2009, by Staff EnvironmentWith widening between the Fishhook and Morrissey complete, planners set their sights on the Morrissey-Soquel segment of Highway 1.
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Santa Cruz—The City of Stabbings?
Oct 01, 2009, by Staff NewsTwo men, ages 29 and 38, were knifed in a public restroom yesterday evening in yet another stabbing incident in Santa Cruz.
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Hoodia Supplement Subject to Lawsuit
Oct 01, 2009, by Staff NewsDistrict 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.
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Does Santa Cruz Need A Poet Laureate?
Sep 30, 2009, by Stephen Kessler OpinionA nominee to the post of Santa Cruz Poet Laureate ponders the necessity of the office.
