Aptos News

City of Santa Cruz and Soquel Creek Water District Announce Release of the Draft Environmental Impact Report and Public Hearings for the Proposed scwd2 Regional Seawater Desalination Project To access the Draft EIR, click on image or visit: www.scwd2desal.org/EIR The City of Santa Cruz and the Soquel Creek Water District have partnered to evaluate ... (more)

Santa Cruz-based New Leaf Community Markets opened a store in Pleasanton. The opening marks the eighth store in the chain.

In the first round of Cabrillo College's presidential candidate forums, hopefuls Farley Herzek and Marie-Elaine Burns discussed how their backgrounds working for California community colleges would help them embrace budget changes in light of Proposition 30.

Guitarist Derek Trucks and his wife Susan Tedeschi, leaders of the Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band, headlines the Sunday portion of the two-day Santa Cruz Blues Festival in Aptos.

St. Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church invites the public to attend a unique multimedia concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the church, at 2901 Nojoqui Ave.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District will recognize 65 graduating seniors as the 2013 recipients of the Seal of Biliteracy in a ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday on the lawn at district headquarters, 294 Green Valley Road.

Just a couple of years after it was on the financial ropes, the Santa Cruz Public Libraries is expected to be debt-free and grow its revenue 13 percent during the next five years through tax bumps and ongoing savings from restructuring.

A fire broke out Monday inside a residence on the 7500 block of Sunset Way, but the home was unoccupied at the time and no one was hurt.

Students and parents from four different counties crowded in the lobby of UC Santa Cruz's Cowell College Saturday afternoon to watch middle school kids from Discovery Charter School demonstrate 3-D printing.

In an homage to the original Kings Market, more than 50 people scaled scaffolds and wielded paintbrushes on Saturday to paint a mural at the Kings Village Shopping Center.

Cabrillo College will host presidential candidate forums on Wednesday and Thursday at the Cabrillo College Watsonville Center, 318 Union St., and at the Aptos campus, 6500 Soquel Drive: Wednesday, Watsonville Center, Room A150: Farley Herzek, 10-10:30 a.m.; Marie-Elaine Burns, 10:45--11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Aptos Campus, Samper ... (more)

Since 2005, Adamson has been general manager at the Beacon Hill Water and Sewer District in southwestern Washington.

Little more than a year after its celebrated remodel, Ristorante Barolo in Aptos has closed.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter and the Friends of Watsonville Animal Shelter are hosting a Healthy Dogs Shots Fair from 1-4 p.m. May 18 at Ramsay Park Baseball Field, 1301 Main St.

A janitor spotted an unidentified man and Marco Garcia, a 22-year-old Aptos resident, spray painting a red and black shark on an electrical box at Cabrillo College, according to Santa Cruz County's sheriff's deputy April Skalland.

Police say the boys, ages 15 and 16, were carrying burglary tools and trying to pry open a window of one of the portable classrooms at Mintie White at 515 Palm Ave.

Sheriff Phil Wowak gave historian Sandy Lydon a jail shirt to give him a feel for a place "he'd never make it in." Judge Bill Kelsey brought in the trophies his friend, Lydon, had given him over the years for contests between them....all reminding the judge that he finished second.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies said Linda Lee Younger was found alive and unable to care for herself in Nisene Marks Park in Aptos.

Citing its mission to preserve open space and agriculture, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County board announced its opposition to Measure T on Friday.

Grey Bears recently hosted its first Santa Cruz Repair Cafe, where more than 70 items were given a second chance at life.