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Patch Picks: 5 Unique Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
Looking for that special gift to pay homage to your honey? Here are five ideas to cut costs, and create a memorable gift that can't be fully store bought.A Bring a Restaurant Home: A If you want to avoid the crowds lingering at restaurants on Feb.
Cops and Courts: Feb. 11, 2012: Three cited for buying alcohol for minor
Three men who bought alcohol for an underage boy were ticketed during a police sting operation outside three stores in Santa Cruz on Tuesday.
Trial date set for horse trainer accused in Soquel fatal hit and run
A horse trainer from Soquel accused of hitting and killing a bicyclist last year pleaded not guilty in court Friday morning and is scheduled to begin trial May 7. Sundara Joy Wertz was arrested August 9 on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.
Patch Picks: 5 Unique Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
Bring a Restaurant Home: A If you want to avoid the crowds lingering at restaurants on Feb.
Marijuana collective worker says pot gave him his life back
Soquel, Calif. a Boulder Creek Collective founder Marc Whitehill, a former nurse, has seen a lot of people come through his doors seeking medical marijuana, enough that he thinks he has a pretty clear idea of the patient demographic at most local dispensaries.
Review of Dinner with the Wine Examiner at Michael's on Main in Soquel
Planning for a Sustainable Soquel Drive Corridor
Community Meeting Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Porter Library 3050 Porter Street Soquel, CA 95073 map and directions Last year Santa Cruz County received funding from the State's Sustainable Communities Program to engage in a three-year planning process for Soquel Drive, the County's longest roadway, from the overpass near Dominican ... (more)
Cops and Courts: Feb. 8, 2012: Police: Drunken driver hits hydrant, light pole, tree
A drunken man who was driving on the 200 block of Westgate Drive Monday night slammed into a light pole, fire hydrant and a palm tree, Watsonville police reported.
Rain trickles in bringing less than a half-inch of rain
A sprinkle of rain and a southerly breeze were all that a small storm could muster on Monday night and Tuesday - providing the county with less than a 1/2 inch of rain in an unusually dry winter.
Trial date set in Live Oak roommate killing
Nick Kusalich, accused of killing his roommate Robert Burr in 2010, in Judge Ariadne Symons court on the first day of his preliminary hearing.
Police Blotter: Juvenile Shoplifters, Assault and Drug Arrests
Feb. 5: Forged/Altered Prescription: An adult male forged a prescription at the Safeway pharmacy in Soquel at 2:21 p.m. Feb.
Soquel grad Maggie Vessey making headlines, and not for posing nude
Soquel High graduate Maggie Vessey is in Boston this week getting ready for the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix today.
Marijuana collective worker says pot gave him his life back
SOQUEL, Calif. -- Boulder Creek Collective founder Marc Whitehill, a former nurse, has seen a lot of people come through his doors seeking medical marijuana, enough that he thinks he has a pretty clear idea of the patient demographic at most local dispensaries.
Readers' Choice: Capitola-Soquel's Best Breakfast
In yesterday's poll we asked where the best breakfast can be found in Capitola-Soquel. The answer: a lot of places! So far, there's no clear winner.
Truck Abandoned after Crash in Soquel
When a white pick-up truck was reported sitting 200 feet down an embankment near Tola Ranch Road and Glen Haven Road in Soquel at 7:48 a.m. Wednesday, emergency crews were prepped for a rescue.A But upon their arrival after rapelling down to the crash site, all they found was an empty Ford.A "A passerby said the truck crashed at about 8 p.m. last ... (more)
Project Purr offers free spay/neuter program for feral cats
The numbers are hard to know, but the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals estimates there are tens of millions of feral cats in the U.S. Spring is the season when huge numbers of kittens are born in the wild, often to die of starvation, exposure, or on the roadside.
Pot club takes new approach to business: Boulder Creek Collective...
The Boulder Creek Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary in operation for more than two years, has no plans for business as usual with its recent move to a more central location on Soquel Drive.
Capitola skate park controversy far from over
Neighbors of Monterey Park are frustrated by the City Council's 3-2 vote Thursday night in favor of a 6,000-square-foot skate park in Monterey Park.
La Selva Beach ranch uses horses as therapy for children with special needs
The horses at Monterey Bay Horsemanship & Therapeutic Center may not be war horses lighting up the big screen, but they are super stars to many local children and adults with disabilities.
With a little fanfare, Second Harvest Food Bank announced its 2011 holiday food drive total Thursday evening.