Santa Cruz News

Santa Cruz residents sign petitions to put the desal plant up for a vote crowd into India Joze restaurant Sunday.

Some 150 people passed through the Homeless Garden Project's retail store Friday evening, for their Valentine's-themed "Sweets and Treats" event.A Volunteers, trainees, and curious passers by nibbled on farm-baked lavender brownies and shortbread, and perused photographs by local photographer Sylvia Valentine .

Talk about stupid. In my mess of wires, I accidentally let a USB cable touch a partially pulled out power cord and in a puff of smoke and spark, I fried my beloved 27-inch iMac.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Growing up, David Gates liked to play in the dirt, especially at his grandparents' farm just west of Golden Valley, Minn.

This is a challenge from Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping. We are a landscaping company in the Santa Cruz area, in business for 25 years.

The Community Agroecology Network will host the fourth-annual El Intercambio, a series of events aimed at building intercultural community around healthy food systems Monday through Feb.

So the center, and others, seized the opportunity this month to mark February's National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

While the former Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency was a critical link in building the new Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, it is itself unraveling in an opaque process designed by the state.

DIG Gardens of Santa Cruz hosts a workshop at 2 p.m. today on terrariums, or glass containers for plants.

River or creeks don't always go where we would like. The residents of The Island in Rio del Mar, just east of the mouth of Aptos Creek, have become acutely aware of this over the past two winters.

Three men who bought alcohol for an underage boy were ticketed during a police sting operation outside three stores in Santa Cruz on Tuesday.

Santa Cruz improv group Six Wheel Drive performs at the Broadway Playhouse tonight.

As the fall semester was winding down to a close at Cabrillo College last year, so, too, was its lease at a small satellite campus on Whispering Pines Drive in Scotts Valley.

State officials on Friday announced an $11 million grant to complete a new Santa Cruz Metro bus operations center, ending a long quest to replace what was to have been a temporary hub built in 1979.

Valentine's Day is a great time to enjoy a romantic meal at one of your favorite restaurants, and many restaurants in Santa Cruz including La Posta, Casablanca, and Ma Maison are featuring special menus on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Restaurant: Impossible crew members put the finishing touches on Ristorante Barolo while reservation holders wait for the doors to open in Aptos on Thursday.

Tami Garcia has been promoted to branch manager for Rabobank N.A.'s Santa Cruz branch, at 3110 Mission Drive, overseeing daily operations and lending.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2012 MEDIA CONTACT: Lydia Tolles, Management Analyst 420-5215 Construction are currently working to install a new water main on the bicycle path adjacent to State Route 1, connecting High Street to Coral Street.

"We've got a red-hot show for you tonight," said the 49-year-old vocalist-guitarist of Social Distortion, two songs into the band's gig on Thursday at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

Charter Oak's Travis Santiago is heading to Azusa Pacific to play football? Will more big-time area players do the same?: As head coach Victor Santa Cruz and his staff put the finishing touches on this year's commitments, he can't help but be impressed.