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21 hrs ago | Patch.com

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.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Patch.com

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.

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Salt Lake Tribune

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.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Examiner.com

Review of Dinner with the Wine Examiner at Michael's on Main in Soquel

As the winning bidder on an auction item dubbed "Dine with the Reviewer," Denise Williams joined this Santa Cruz Wine Examiner on February 7 for one of Michael's Tuesday night wine and food paring dinners.

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Indybay.org

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)

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Patch.com

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.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Belleville News Democrat

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.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Patch.com

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.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Patch.com

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)

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

Examiner.com

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.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012

Inside Bay Area

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.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012

Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Patch.com

Food Drive Sets Record

With a little fanfare, Second Harvest Food Bank announced its 2011 holiday food drive total Thursday evening.

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