Metro's budget woes could mean route changes

Scotts Valley Banner - Fri Nov 27

Metro's Santa Cruz to Scotts Valley route 31, shown here turning onto Water Street in Santa Cruz, might be canceled due to budget cuts.

Memorial Scheduled For Elias Sorokin 2009-11-27 14:56:36.206

WCHL-AM Durham - Fri Nov 27

Elias Sorokin, an L.A. fashion designer with ties to our area, will have his life remembered this Sunday, nearly four months after he went missing on the West Coast.

No thanks necessary, say promoters of 'intentional act of kindness"

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Fri Nov 27

A former Harbor High teacher and her business partner are using online social networking and a refurbished 1971 Volkswagen to promote year-round generosity and thankfulness.

Scotts Valley gets behind energy loan plan

Scotts Valley Banner - Thu Nov 26

Scotts Valley is taking steps to help property owners use water and energy more efficiently, with hopes of stimulating the local economy.

Giving thanks in tough times: Watsonville residents grateful for family, health

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Thu Nov 26

No doubt, times are tough in Watsonville, where more than one in five workers is without a job and more people are losing their homes to foreclosure than anywhere else in Santa Cruz County.

Two county nonprofits race to raise money for new building

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Thu Nov 26

The race is on for a couple of county nonprofit organizations to raise enough money to maintain their future new home, currently under construction, in Live Oak.

Where Are The Seasonal Flu Shots?

KCBA - Wed Nov 25

A: The Monterey County Health Department said there's not much of the seasonal flu vaccine left.

Staking out SD15

Sacramento Bee Newspaper - Wed Nov 25

Throughout "who's going to get the guv lite" guessing game, some pundits and pols were suggesting that the Dems were hungry enough for that 15th Senate District seat to put up the votes to confirm an Abel Maldonado "guv lite" nod.

Brian King says he's staying put at Cabrillo

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Wed Nov 25

Brian King, the president of Cabrillo College, said Tuesday he has dropped out of the running for a top job over the hill.

Boulder Creek firefighters respond to duplex fire

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Tue Nov 24

A Tuesday afternoon fire seared its way through a duplex on a Highway 9 corner, shooting flames and smoke into the air and displacing an estimated 13 people and several pets, authorities said.