News Sat, November 07, 2009
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Santa Cruz Health Center to Offer Swine Flu Vaccines Saturday
Nov 06, 2009, by Staff NewsSanta Cruz residents waiting to get the H1N1 vaccine will have another chance on Saturday at the Santa Cruz Health Center on Emeline Ave. The clinic has received 1,000 doses of the vaccine, and will be offering them to the public between 2:00 and 8:00 pm.
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Court Rules Against Local Company Selling Music Tracks
Nov 06, 2009, by Staff NewsA federal judge, John Walter, ruled that the Santa Cruz-based online music distributor BlueBeat must immediately stop selling copyrighted music on its website.
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Should City Council Take On National Issues?
Nov 06, 2009, by Staff NewsOpinionWhen Santa Cruz City Council meets on Tuesday, it will vote to take a stand in the national debate surrounding illegal immigration.
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Do Local Liquor Laws Impact Violent Crime?
Nov 05, 2009, by Danny Wool NewsAll across Santa Cruz, people are trying to understand the recent wave of violent crimes that culminated with the slaying of 16-year-old Tyler Tenorio.
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Genome Zoo Proposed for UCSC
Nov 05, 2009, by Staff NewsThe most comprehensive study of evolution ever was proposed this past April at a three-day meeting at UCSC.
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City to Crack Down on Violence
Nov 04, 2009, by Staff NewsFaced with growing public anger over the wave of violence that has swept over Santa Cruz recently, city leaders laid out a five-point plan to cut down gang activity and increase residents’ sense of security. The proposed program focuses on three approaches: technical, legislative, and educational.
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Time to Deal With Crime
Nov 04, 2009, by Curtis Cartier NewsSanta Cruz residents, The Santa Cruz City Council and Santa Cruz Police discuss preventative efforts in place and explore new options for cracking down on crime.
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Wagging the Lion’s Tale
Nov 03, 2009, by Staff News
For nine months in 1898, the lions of Tsavo held the British Empire at bay. They preyed on workers at a construction camp in Kenya, and prevented them from building the railroad.
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Strike Averted at Dominican Hospital
Nov 03, 2009, by Staff NewsA new contract was finally reached on Monday with 12,000 nurses at 32 Catholic Healthcare West hospitals, representing 32 hospitals in California and Nevada.
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Budding Entrepreneurs Stymied by Council
Nov 03, 2009, by Staff News
Now that the Obama administration has announced that it will stop cracking down on medical marijuana—sellers and users—entrepreneurs across Santa Cruz want to get a piece of the action and open their own marijuana dispensaries.
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Police Conduct Preemptive Gang Sweep
Nov 02, 2009, by Staff NewsWith the murder of 16-year-old Tyler Tenorio looming over them, the Santa Cruz Police Department stepped up its anti-gang operations to avert any trouble on Halloween
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Watsonville Calls for End to Violence
Nov 02, 2009, by Staff NewsDozens of men and women paraded through Watsonville on Sunday, calling for an end to the violence that violence that has claimed 80 lives in the town over the past 16 years.
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Thousands Pack Downtown for Halloween
Nov 02, 2009, by Staff News
Despite fears of violence, thousands of costumed holiday revelers packed downtown Santa Cruz on Saturday night to celebrate Halloween. Captain Steve Clark of the SCPD said that the event was generally quiet, with very few arrests, though he added that this year more people than usual people chose to attend house parties instead. With slide show.
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Santa Cruz Council Tackles Security
Oct 30, 2009, by Staff NewsMore cops, streetlights and security cameras are on tap in Santa Cruz following a rash of violence that saw a blatantly public shooting at Pacific and Laurel streets on Wednesday night.
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UCSC Academic Senate Takes a Stand
Oct 30, 2009, by Staff NewsOn Wednesday, the Academic Senate of UCSC took a stand again the budgetary cuts imposed throughout the UC system.
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Police Beef Up Presence for Halloween
Oct 30, 2009, by Staff NewsWith Santa Cruz residents already showing signs of stress because of increasing violence in the city, the SCPD has decided to hit the streets in force this Halloween.
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Suspect in Tenorio Slaying Slips Across Border
Oct 30, 2009, by Staff NewsPaulo Luna, a suspect in the fatal stabbing of Tyler Tenorio two weeks ago, is believed to have fled to Mexico.
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School Trustees Okay School Lunch Plan – for Middle Schools Only
Oct 29, 2009, by Staff NewsSchool trustees voted last night to allow Executive Chef Jamie Smith to begin preparing school lunches for Santa Cruz middle school students.
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More Violence in Santa Cruz
Oct 29, 2009, by Staff NewsOn Tuesday, 30 protesters interrupted a City Council meeting, waving signs and demanding that the city do something to address public safety.
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Water Regulations to Be Relaxed
Oct 29, 2009, by Staff NewsCounty water officials have announced that they plan to loosen strict water rationing rules that have been in place since May.
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No More Swine Flu Vaccine in Santa Cruz
Oct 29, 2009, by Staff News“There’s no more swine flu vaccine in Santa Cruz and Watsonville until further notice.” That was the gist of a statement issued by the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency on Wednesday.
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In Council Meeting, Fears Over Public Safety
Oct 28, 2009, by Staff NewsThe rape of an elderly woman last week and the murder of a local high school student by gang members seem to have people on edge. About 30 protesters interrupted a City Council meeting last night, waving signs and demanding that the city do something to address public safety.
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School Trustees to Vote on School Lunch Plan
Oct 28, 2009, by Staff News
Santa Cruz City Schools trustees will be voting tonight on whether to approve a new school lunch program. The proposed program will feature food prepared from scratch from locally grown produce. The decision will come earlier than planned because a transition period, during which lunches were provided by Revolution Foods of Oakland, was found to have been misbudgeted.
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School Fundraisers Brings in $332,000
Oct 28, 2009, by Staff NewsDeborah Berkson of Santa Cruz turned down the chance to drive her son to school in a brand new Prius. The winner of this year’s Drive for Schools fundraiser decided to take the cash prize—$25,000—instead.
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Silicon Valley’s Power Play
Oct 28, 2009, by Eric Johnson News
The electric car—quiet, fast and clean—has captured some media attention since the release of the sleek Tesla Roadster 18 months ago. But it’s not a new idea. Some of the first cars ever built, going back to the 19th century, were battery-powered. And the contemporary push to break away from the internal combustion engine dates back more than 40 years.
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Aptos Elder Abuse Case Goes National
Oct 27, 2009, by Jessica Lussenhop News
Looking back, James “Pops” Lee’s loved ones say they now read a lot more into things that, at the time they were happening, seemed like nothing special. Lee’s son Bob dwells on the first time he met Fenita Caldwell, a medical supplies saleswoman in her early 40s who lived down the street from his father on Dolphin Drive in Aptos. “She seemed like a sweet lady, professional, highly educated,” he says. “She said, ‘Oh, I love old people.’ I look back on that.”
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Did Fire Crews Spark the Loma Fire?
Oct 27, 2009, by Staff NewsWith the 6oo-acre Loma Fire now contained, and residents returning to their homes, investigators are trying to figure out what actually caused the blaze.
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School Lunches And Obesity
Oct 27, 2009, by Staff NewsAnother alarming statistic about the kids of Santa Cruz: according to the Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project, about one in five kids between the ages of 4 and 20 is overweight.
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Pot and Booze on the Rise in Santa Cruz
Oct 27, 2009, by Staff NewsWhen you don’t want to hear the answer to a question, you probably shouldn’t ask it. That’s a lesson that the California Healthy Kids Survey should consider, now that it has released the finding of its new poll of 6,200 fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh graders.
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Another Wildfire in Santa Cruz Mountains
Oct 26, 2009, by Staff NewsDozens of families have fled their homes to escape a 600-acre wildfire in Summit area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Some 100 homes were lost in the same area in May of last year.
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UCSC to Host Activism Conference
Oct 23, 2009, by Staff NewsUCSC has a long reputation as a hotbed of political activism, whether it is protests against the recent budget cuts or the students’ climate action rally planned for this Saturday. All of that will be brought together this weekend at the seventh annual Practical Activism Conference to be held on campus.
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Cyclists to Converge on Santa Cruz
Oct 23, 2009, by Staff NewsThousands of cyclists will converge on Santa Cruz this May 18 as part of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.
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Gov. Restores Domestic Violence Funding
Oct 22, 2009, by Staff NewsIn July, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cut $16.3 million of domestic violence shelter funding from the state budget due to California’s $26 billion deficit.
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Second Suspect Identified in Stabbing Death of Local Teen
Oct 22, 2009, by Staff NewsThe Santa Cruz Police Department has issued a $825,000 arrest warrant in connection with the stabbing death of local teen Tyler Tenorio on Friday night.
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Mardi Wormhoudt Dies
Oct 22, 2009, by Staff NewsMardi Wormhoudt, 72, the indomitable Mayor of Santa Cruz during the Loma Prieta earthquake, died yesterday after a struggle with melanoma.
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The Repo Diaries
Oct 22, 2009, by Curtis Cartier News
Pressed deep into the front seat cushion of an unmarked Chevy Silverado, Bill Leach grips the steering wheel with pudgy, calloused hands and checks the rearview mirror. In it, behind his doe-eyed wife smiling in the back, sways a wood and steel flatbed trailer loaded with a pair of motorcycles. Neither one belongs to him. Neither one belongs to the men who had them parked in their garages a couple of hours before, either. Both, in fact, belong to the bank, and the only one happy about that at this point is the man at the wheel. Leach is a repo man, and business is booming.
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Athletic Director Resigns over Spat with Principal
Oct 21, 2009, by Staff NewsJeff Arnett, athletic director at Pacific Collegiate School, resigned his position after a clash with Principal Chris Mercer. The issue began last week, when Arnett sent out an email urging parents to lobby on behalf of the program at a Monday meeting of Parent Volunteer Association.
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Doug Loisel, the beleaguered director of the Homeless Services Center, said that he would resign over allegations that he had molested a minor in 2008 in Los Angeles.
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Suspect Arrested in Stabbing Death of Santa Cruz Teen
Oct 21, 2009, by Staff NewsDaniel Onesto, 19, was arrested Monday night in connection with the stabbing death of Tyler Tenorio near the corner of Chestnut and Laurel streets.
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Occupy California Continues Campus Protests
Oct 20, 2009, by Staff NewsOccupy California, the student group that took over a building at UCSC in September, is continuing its activities against the university authorities.
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Director of Homeless Center Charged with Molestation
Oct 20, 2009, by Staff NewsWhen Doug Loisel, 47, gave up his job in LA last year to become director of Santa Cruz’s Homeless Services Center, no one on the Board thought of conducting a background check, so the Sentinel did it for them.
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Local Teen Stabbed to Death Outside 7-11
Oct 19, 2009, by staff NewsTyler Tenorio, 16, was stabbed to death on Friday night after he and his friends got into an argument with a group of gang members gathered outside the 7-11 at Chestnut and Laurel streets.
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Jiu Jitsu Tournament Attracts Hundreds
Oct 19, 2009, by Staff NewsThe 14th Annual U.S. Open of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu drew hundreds of competitors to the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium this weekend for a chance to compete with the best at the sport.
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UCSC Protesters, Police Clash
Oct 16, 2009, by Staff NewsA half-dozen people occupied the Humanities 2 building at UCSC last night, leading to a confrontation with campus police that resulted in a pepper spraying and one arrest.
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Boomeria Castle Damaged by Storm
Oct 16, 2009, by Staff NewsFor Santa Cruz students, Boomeria Castle in the Santa Cruz Mountains was little less than Disneyland.
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University Flu Clinic Cancelled Due to Shortage of Vaccine
Oct 16, 2009, by Staff NewsThough college students may be among the groups most susceptible to the H1N1 virus, UCSC announced that it will be cancelling the seasonal flu clinic it had planned to launch today because of a lack of vaccines.
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Watsonville Names New Chief of Police
Oct 16, 2009, by Staff NewsManny Solano has been involved with local police departments since he joined the Watsonville Police Explorer Cadet program in his senior year of high school. Yesterday he was named the city’s Interim Chief of Police and primed to take over from Chief Terry Medina when he retires on Dec. 31
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Police Offer $5,000 Reward for Help in Capturing Rapist
Oct 16, 2009, by Staff NewsThe investigation continues on the sexual assault of a 69-year-old woman in her West Cliff home.
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Roads Still Closed as County Mops Up
Oct 15, 2009, by Staff NewsResidents of Eureka Canyon Road are still digging out from the mudslide that resulted from Tuesday’s storm.
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Senior Assaulted in Her Home
Oct 15, 2009, by Staff NewsSanta Cruz Police are investigating the sexual assault of a 69-year-old woman that took place in her home early Wednesday morning.
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Disabled Teen Could Lose Transportation
Oct 15, 2009, by Staff NewsBud Benites has trouble getting to school. The 16-year-old student at Soquel High School suffers from scoliosis and is confined to a wheelchair, so the only way for him to get to classes is a specially modified van.
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Federal Grant Aims at Curbing Teenage Drinking
Oct 15, 2009, by Staff NewsSanta Cruz County’s Office of Education was awarded a $1.3 million grant to curb the incidence of teenage alcoholism.
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The Show Goes On
Oct 14, 2009, by Staff News
“Perseverance, dear my lord, keeps honor bright,” wrote William Shakespeare in Troilus and Cressida, and it is a lesson that’s been taken to heart. Despite the perfect storm of financial difficulties faced by Shakespeare Santa Cruz and UCSC, the company’s artistic director, Marco Barricelli, and UC Santa Cruz Dean of the Arts David Yager have decided that the company will carry out its 29th season.
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Local Parks Closed Because of Storm
Oct 14, 2009, by Staff NewsFearing strong currents, mudslides, flooding, and falling branches, authorities closed 14 state parks in Central California yesterday, seven of them in Santa Cruz County. The parks are: Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Lighthouse Field State Beach, Natural Bridges State Beach, New Brighton State Beach, Seacliff State Beach and Sunset State Beach. The parks are expected to reopen today, pending local conditions.
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Santa Cruz Walloped by Storm
Oct 14, 2009, by Staff NewsIt was the worst storm in decades. In just 24 hours, Santa Cruz received 3.16 inches of rain, shattering the 1957 record of 2.49 inches, while parts of the county saw as much as 10 inches of rain.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz Ponders Future
Oct 13, 2009, by Staff News“To be or not to be, that is the question” facing Shakespeare Santa Cruz today, as the theater company decides whether to continue its 28-year run.
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Another Woman Groped in Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct 13, 2009, by Staff NewsFor the third time in a month, a woman has been groped while walking along the street in downtown Santa Cruz.
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County to Bear the Brunt of Incoming Storm
Oct 13, 2009, by Staff NewsWith high winds and 3-5 inches of rain expected to batter the mountains over the next few days, officials are warning that the brunt of Typhoon Melor, the first major storm of the season, will be felt right here in Santa Cruz County.
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Video Shows the Changing Face of Santa Cruz
Oct 12, 2009, by Staff NewsOct. 17 will mark 20 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake destroyed about one-third of downtown Santa Cruz.
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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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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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County Releases Education Office Salaries
Oct 06, 2009, by Staff NewsWhile the California School Boards Association is preparing to sue the state over dwindling education funding, Santa Clara County released the salaries of its 400 employees.
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First Batch of Swine Flu Vaccines to Arrive in County
Oct 06, 2009, by Staff NewsHealth officials said that the first batch of 2,400 swine flu vaccines will arrive in the county this week, and that 40,000 vaccines will arrive by the end of the month.
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Police Crack Down on Ocean Street Prostitution
Oct 06, 2009, by Staff NewsProstitution has become a growing problem for people living along lower Ocean Street.
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UCSC Tracking Mountain Lions
Oct 06, 2009, by Staff News
Scientists estimate that the Santa Cruz Mountains are home to some 25 mountain lions. But as development encroaches into the forests, their territories are shrinking and even being split by roads and new housing developments.
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Stabbing in Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct 05, 2009, by Staff NewsA 17-year-old youth was in serious but stable condition on Friday after he was stabbed in a gang fight in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Shark Advisory for Santa Cruz County
Oct 05, 2009, by Staff News
A shark advisory has been issued for a five-mile stretch of Santa Cruz County beach, running from Seacliff to Manresa state beaches. The warning comes after three great whites sightings were made on three consecutive days in the area. On Thursday, a fisherman filmed a shark near the Seacliff pier in Aptos. He later told reporters that he had seen the shark the day before too. The following day, researchers saw a shark swimming off Manresa State Beach. They estimated it to be 16 feet long.
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Watsonville Fire Department Gets Thermal Camera
Oct 02, 2009, by Staff NewsBody-heart sensing camera has already helped firefighters make rescues
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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—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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California Looks to Ban E-Cigs
Sep 30, 2009, by Jessica Lussenhop News
Philip Horne, owner of E-Smokey Treats, pulls what looks like a ballpoint pen out of a jar on his coffee table and takes off the cap, revealing a red LED light where the pen point should be. He puts the other end up to his mouth and takes a drag.
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UCSC Gets Grant to Digitize Grateful Dead Collection
Sep 30, 2009, by Staff News“California, I’ll be knocking on the golden door,” could be the new motto of UCSC this week.
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County Appeals to DC to Help Fix the Levees
Sep 30, 2009, by Staff News
County officials in Santa Cruz are fed up with the stalemate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over how to fix the Pajaro River levees. The Army has offered $163 solution to repair the aging levees, but county officials led by Supervisor Tony Campos say that this is not enough, and demand a more thorough overhaul of the system. Since their negotiations with the Army have gotten nowhere, they decided to raise the stakes a notch by appealing directly to the federal government.
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Santa Cruz Nonprofit to Use VR to Combat Drug Addiction
Sep 30, 2009, by Staff NewsThe Janus Community Clinic, a non-profit organization based in Santa Cruz, is adopting a new approach to fighting heroin addition: a virtual reality world.
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Tsunami Advisory for Santa Cruz Coast
Sep 30, 2009, by Staff NewsAll of Central California, including the Santa Cruz coast, is under advisory for a minor tsunami, following the 8.0 earthquake in American Samoa yesterday.
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New Paratransit Vans Coming to UCSC
Sep 29, 2009, by Staff NewsDisabled students at UCSC will soon be benefiting from three new ADA complian paratransit vans to replace the existing vehicles.
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Students Still Occupy UCSC Student Center
Sep 29, 2009, by Staff NewsA strike across UC campuses marked the first day of classes. In most schools, things have gotten back to normal, but not in UCSC.
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Pot-Free WAMMfest A Success
Sep 28, 2009, by Staff NewsSome 200-300 people gathered in San Lorenzo Park this Saturday for the annual WAMMfest.
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UCSC Student Arrested for Vandalism
Sep 28, 2009, by Staff NewsDrivers parked on Bay, Lennox, and Palm streets were in for a surprise when they returned to their cars this weekend.
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Students, Faculty Join the Strike at UCSC
Sep 25, 2009, by Staff NewsHundreds of students and faculty members joined the staff of UCSC on a one-day strike to protest budget cuts, furloughs, and impending tuition hikes.
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Homeless Shelter Starts Charging for Meals
Sep 25, 2009, by Staff NewsBecause of budget cuts, Coral Street shelter meals now cost 50 cents.
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Domestic Violence Programs Suffer from State Budget Cuts
Sep 25, 2009, by Staff NewsThe remainder of the staffmembers of Women’s Crisis Support-Defensa de Mujeres have found themselves in an untenable situation.
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Students, Faculty and Workers Rally at UCSC
Sep 24, 2009, by Jessica Lussenhop News
SLIDESHOW: Budget cuts, layoffs and increased fees inspire hundreds to gather at campus entrance.
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UCSC Workers to Strike Today
Sep 24, 2009, by Staff NewsIt may be the first day of classes on the calendar, but the staff at UCSC is preparing to strike today to protest enforced furloughs and fee hikes agreed upon by the UC Board of Regents.
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Couple Busted for Drugs, Guns
Sep 24, 2009, by Staff NewsThis was no peaceful family outing. When police pulled over Jesse Peters, they were following him for suspicion of drunk driving, and nabbed him because the female passenger, Sarah Maria Pippo, wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. When police searched him, they found a loaded .22 in addition to meth. When they searched her, they found another large stash of meth—67 grams—hidden in her panties.
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UCSC Vets Wonder: Is New GI Bill Too Good To Be True?
Sep 24, 2009, by Jessica Lussenhop News
Michael Hart is a 30-year-old U.S. Coast Guard veteran with eight-and-a-half-years of active duty under his belt, during which he served on a 210-foot security cutter based in Miami Beach doing search-and-rescues and drug interception in the Caribbean. Once a month, he returns to the naval base in Alameda to run drills with the reserves. But come today, the first day of class at UCSC, he’s just another sophomore.
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New Fairfield Inn Approved for West Santa Cruz
Sep 23, 2009, by Curtis Cartier News
On Tuesday night, Santa Cruz City Council voted unanimously to allow the construction of a new Fairfield Inn off of Highway 1, off the Mission Street Extension.
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WAMMfest to be Marijuana-Free
Sep 22, 2009, by Staff NewsLogistics, not politics, determine that participants will not be allowed to light up
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Two Men Arrested for Santa Cruz Armed Robberies
Sep 21, 2009, by Staff NewsTwo men were arrested last week in connection with two armed robberies in Santa Cruz and Capitola.
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Weather Holds Up for Santa Cruz Triathlon
Sep 21, 2009, by Staff NewsThe weather held up for the 1,200 athletes, who swam, biked, and ran their way through Santa Cruz’s annual triathlon this Sunday. The morning temperatures hovered in the mid-50s, and the sky was overcast, making it much easier to compete.
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Neighbors Discuss Meth Use in Pogonip
Sep 18, 2009, by Staff NewsThe Police Department had some dire news for members of the Santa Cruz Neighbors group. The 60 participants in a public meeting were told that Pogonip was the county’s “meth capital,” with some shocking figures to back that up.
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UCSC Pulls the Plug on the Arboretum
Sep 18, 2009, by Staff NewsWith state funding slashed by $50 million, UCSC can’t afford to squander money, or see the groups that it funds squander it. That was the stated reason for the school to cut all funding to the Arboretum.
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Attorneys Help Homeless Couple
Sep 18, 2009, by Staff NewsUsually attorneys end up arguing if and how much to punish people who violate the law. This week, Santa Cruz attorneys decided to work together instead and find a solution so that the law is upheld.
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An Apple A Day …
Sep 17, 2009, by Staff News
Watsonville students will soon have a whole new range of snacks to choose from at the end of the school day. For four days a week, teens from the Jovenes Sanos youth organization will operate stands outside the schools, where students can buy a cup of berries for just 50 cents.
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UCSC Expanding to Santa Clara
Sep 17, 2009, by Staff NewsUCSC’s Extension in Silicon Valley program is preparing to unveil a new facility in Santa Clara on Oct. 1.
