Aptos News

The Soquel Creek Water District board voted unanimously to give district voters a chance to weigh in on a proposed $123 million desalination plant.

I see a lot of focus in regards to plastic shopping bags, litter, garbage in the ocean , etc.

As of this week, Aptos now has one fewer place to grab a casual meal: Aptos Burger Co.

ROUND AND ROUND THEY GO Know what? Roundabouts work. Just ask anyone who uses the intersection in the Santa Cruz beach area that was converted to a roundabout -- traffic, long clogged and dangerous in the old configuration, has become much smoother.

The Soquel Creek Water District plans a public hearing 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Capitola City Council chamber, 420 Capitola Ave. , on raising the water capacity fees for new hookups starting July 1 and whether to ask customers to vote on the proposed regional desalination plant, and whether to declare a moratorium as a way to save water.

The annual Fourth of July parade will be held from 10 a.m. to noon July 4 on Highway 9. This event is sponsored by the Boulder Creek Business Association.

The Internet's expanding reach and hold on all things informational clearly is leading to abuses in terms of violations of privacy and governmental intrusion.

Father's Day is Sunday - some restaurants in the Santa Cruz and Los Gatos areas are fully booked, especially since it's also graduation weekend at UCSC - but others are still available.

Nick Spencer's high school baseball team had just won the state championship. In the joy of the moment, his family invited the team to their home to celebrate.

A 43-year-old man is accused of ransacking a Corralitos home in May and taking everything from a vintage Ford Mustang to the homeowner's shampoo and shower caddy.

Pajaro Valley High athletic director Robert Gomez said that when a high school coach doesn't get paid, they're basically paying to coach.

A severe drop in enrollment in the past five years combined with frequent turnover in principals have led Aptos Academy to close its doors after 14 years on Bonita Drive.

A Wyoming man on Thursday was deemed mentally competent to stand trial on charges he stole a luxury yacht from a Sausalito harbor, then crashed it onto a Pacifica beach in March.

Two years after he was savagely attacked at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, former South Bay paramedic Bryan Stow is now back home in Capitola in Santa Cruz County.

The confusing intersection at the entrance of Rio Del Mar State Beach is slated for an overhaul if the county Public Works Department can snag a $200,000 grant from the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District.

In Soquel, Capitola and Aptos, a property owner who creates a granny unit is charged for an individual water meter and assessed fees of $12,000, slated in July to go up to $16,000.

A small get-together at a California home turned into a riot after about 300 guests showed up.

A 18-year-old man who was leaving a large house party in the Aptos hills late Saturday night was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of a stolen rifle and stolen shotgun, the California Highway Patrol reported Monday.

Tongues were wagging and fur was flying Monday night as the Santa Cruz County Parks and Recreation Commission met to consider one of the weightier issues to come before it in years -- off-leash dog beaches.

WAVE OF FUTURE Kudos to the folks running Pasatiempo Golf Club, who are once again expressing a desire to use recycled water to irrigate the storied local course.