Ocean Speedway: Nelson wins eight feature of the season
Billy Nelson, dominating the win column in American stock racing, won his eighth feature of the season. He successfully out-ran the division's rookie phenom Matt Sotomayor, who has five feature wins.
Winning the second heat race, trophy dash and main event, Nelson racked up ...more
2010/8/17 3:04
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County records biggest crop
The total gross production of Santa Cruz County agricultural commodities for 2009 was $491,635,000 - the highest total in the county's history, according to the 2009 crop report released earlier this month by Agricultural Commissioner Ken Corbishley.
The total represents a more than $6 ...more
2010/8/17 2:03
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Schools boost STAR test scores
Four south Santa Cruz County schools that recently found themselves listed among California's lowest-achieving made gains on last year's state tests, according to results released Monday by the California Department of Education.
Calabasas, Hall District and MacQuiddy elementary schools, along with E.A. Hall Middle ...more
2010/8/17 2:02
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One killed, two injured in shooting
One teen died and two others were seriously injured Sunday in an early-morning shooting at a Castroville home.
According to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office, the shooting occurred at 3:17 a.m. outside a home at 11560 Jackson St., where about 50 young people were ...more
2010/8/17 2:01
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Plane crash victims' identities released
The two people who died in a plane crash Friday near the Sierra Nevada community of Emigrant Gap have been identified.
Gabriel Alexander Suarez, 21, of Freedom and Bryan Grant McCullah, 31, of Santa Cruz died when the Piper Cherokee Arrow they were ...more
2010/8/17 2:01
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Monterey Bay Birding Festival spreads its wings
Nine field trips have already sold out for the Monterey Bay Birding Festival, which will take place Sept. 23-26.
With 150 people already signed up, organizers warn that more trips will likely sell out soon.
"Registration, at this point, is ahead of last year," ...more
2010/8/17 2:00
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Sister Anne Christine Barry
Sister Anne Christine Barry, SNDdeN, a Sister of Notre Dame for 73 years, died at Mercy Retirement and Care Center, in Oakland, on August 12, 2010, at age 91. As a student, Anne Christine told her mother that she wanted to enter the convent ...more
2010/8/16 10:31
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Frank J. Siri, Jr.
Frank J. Siri, Jr. passed away peacefully on August 11, 2010 at the age of 64.
Frank was born on June 18, 1946, in Palo Alto, California. Frank attended Nativity School in Menlo Park, Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, ...more
2010/8/16 10:28
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Thinking inside the box
MOSS LANDING - Just as Henry Ford made the automobile affordable by revolutionizing production, Stan Lueck hopes to make desalination plants cost-effective.
Lueck, president of Desal America, unveiled his plan in Moss Landing Thursday at the future site of a new facility where he ...more
2010/8/14 2:28
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15th District Senate candidates spar on taxes, more
APTOS - The four candidates who will be facing off for the 15th Senate District seat met at Cabrillo College's Music Recital Hall Thursday night for a final debate before Tuesday's special election.
The one-hour debate touched on the state's fiscal crisis and what ...more
2010/8/14 2:28
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PVWMA director sues water agency
Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Director John G. Eiskamp filed suit Wednesday against the PVWMA, challenging his own agency's $80-per-acre-foot water charge established in 2002, and reviving an argument that had recently been settled out of court between the PVWMA and Pajaro Sunny Mesa Community ...more
2010/8/14 2:27
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Watsonville-based plane crashes, kills two
Two people reportedly died in a plane crash in the Sierra Mountain Range Friday on a flight that originated in Watsonville.
Watsonville Municipal Airport manager Don French said the plane, a four-seat, single-engine Piper Cherokee Arrow, is from United Flight Services, which is ...more
2010/8/14 2:26
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Seven injured in collision on Beach Road
Seven people were injured Thursday afternoon in a head-on collision on Beach Road. The crash occurred west of San Andreas Road just before 1 p.m.
California Highway Patrol officer Grant Boles said a 15-year-old girl with a learner's permit was driving a 1992 ...more
2010/8/14 2:21
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Seven injured in collision on Beach Road
Seven people were injured Thursday afternoon in a head-on collision on Beach Road. The crash occurred west of San Andreas Road just before 1 p.m.
California Highway Patrol officer Grant Boles said a 15-year-old girl with a learner's permit was driving a 1992 ...more
2010/8/14 2:16
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Labor union protests at bank
WATSONVILLE - Aptos resident Teresa Garbini has spent the last year and a half trying to get a loan modification from Wells Fargo Bank in an attempt to save her home from foreclosure.
She said the bank repeatedly denied her requests, telling her only ...more
2010/8/12 2:56
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Water agency to increase rates
The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency won approval to raise water rates by garnering 72 percent approval in a weighted vote by the valley's water users, but the agency will likely be back in court defending itself and the process as residents and a PVWMA ...more
2010/8/12 2:55
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Judge: Apple Hill shooting suspects will stand trial
SANTA CRUZ - The two Salinas men accused of gunning down a young man as he played basketball last year will go to trial, Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick ruled Wednesday.
Burdick said that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence during a ...more
2010/8/12 2:51
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New businesses get City Council approval
WATSONVILLE - The plans of two incoming businesses - the establishment of a Lift Line vehicle dispatch and storage facility on Ford Street and a 24-hour service station at the corner of Green Valley and Holohan roads - were approved by the Watsonville City Council ...more
2010/8/12 2:50
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Candidates enter races for City Council seats
Several candidates filed their candidacy papers with the City of Watsonville on Wednesday, the deadline for filing, creating races for the City Council seats in districts 3 and 4.
Eduardo Montesino, who took out papers Aug. 3, filed Wednesday afternoon along with Nick Rivera, ...more
2010/8/12 2:49
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Teen stabbed near Palm Avenue
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the upper torso Tuesday as he walked near Palm Avenue.
According to Watsonville police Sgt. Mike Barnett, the attack occurred at 10:14 a.m. as the youth was walking in an alley near the 600 block of Palm Avenue ...more
2010/8/12 2:49
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Nicholson Vineyards part of a growing trend on Corralitos Wine Trail
CORRALITOS - "It's not what we do for a living, it's what we do for love," Marguerite Nicholson said last week as she showed her winery to visitors.
Nicholson Vineyards is a little boutique winery at 2800 Pleasant Valley Road run by Marguerite and ...more
2010/8/9 23:30
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Cracking down on homeless camp
SANTA CRUZ - A crackdown by authorities has reduced the size of the homeless encampment in front of the Santa Cruz County Courthouse.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office issued citations and made arrests Friday and Saturday night at Peace Camp 2010, an impromptu ...more
2010/8/9 23:27
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Filing deadline nears for trustee positions
Potential school board candidates have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to file their paperwork to run for seats on the Pajaro Valley School District Board of Trustees.
The deadline for most of the positions was Friday, but in cases in which candidates are not seeking ...more
2010/8/9 23:17
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Watsonville Pride on track, organizers say
Watsonville's first gay pride celebration two years ago drew 1,500 people, a number that far exceeded organizers' expectations and led to a repeat of the event the following year, which again drew record crowds to Watsonville Plaza.
SOMOS LGBT, the Watsonville organization that spearheads ...more
2010/8/9 23:16
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Button project provides a thread to the past
When Pajaro Valley Historical Association volunteer Rosellen Mastoris first moved to the area in the 1950s, she used to shop at the Schmidt Mercantile.
Mastoris said the Schmidt Mercantile, one of a few pieces of Pajaro Valley history that have a display in the Volck ...more
2010/8/9 23:15
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Migrant worker families displaced by duplex fire
WATSONVILLE - A fire destroyed a duplex in the Buena Vista Migrant Center late Thursday morning, displacing two families of migrant workers.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at the labor camp at 101 Tierra Alta Drive at 11:15 a.m. A large column of ...more
2010/8/7 0:01
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Cabrillo Lanes to close its doors
Cabrillo Lanes, which has been a Watsonville gathering place since it opened nearly 60 years ago, will be closing its doors at the end of the month, employees confirmed Friday.
Manager Dana Lovell, who took over operation of the bowling alley in 2003, said ...more
2010/8/6 23:56
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Bilicich, Neighbors to run unopposed
WATSONVILLE - The November election is months away, but two City Council races have already been decided and another might be over next week as the deadline for candidates to file was Friday.
Bill Neighbors was the only candidate to file for the City ...more
2010/8/6 23:54
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Teacher pleads not guilty to abuse charges
SANTA CRUZ - The Aptos Junior High School math teacher accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl entered a plea of not guilty Thursday morning, during his first appearance in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.
Stephen Sande, 60, is accused of having an ongoing sexual ...more
2010/8/6 23:54
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Watsonville man injured in head-on collision
CORRALITOS - A 31-year-old Watsonville man was in serious condition Friday after he was involved in a head-on collision on Freedom Boulevard.
According to California Highway Patrol officer Hugh Holden, a large Dodge pickup with a camper and a horse trailer was traveling northbound ...more
2010/8/6 23:53
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Watsonville Strawberry Festival at Monterey Bay 2010
Scenes from this year's strawberry festival ...more
2010/8/5 18:33
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