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Psychiatrists, firefighters are top earning Santa Cruz County public employees

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:17-07:00June 13, 2024|Tags: Cal Fire, Carlos Palacios, Central Fire, city budget, City of Santa Cruz, county budget, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, fire, Government, Jason Hoppin, Jeff Rosell, Jesse Kathan, Jim Hart, police, public salaries, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Santa Cruz Fire, school districts, Tanya Krause|

Top 20 salaries include law enforcement, county administrators

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Santa Cruz rail-trail segment to finish in fall, North Coast next

By Stephen Baxter, Nik Altenberg and Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:22-07:00June 10, 2024|Tags: Big Basin Redwoods State Park, budget, City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, Coastal Rail Trail, Featured, North Coast, Ramsay Park, Santa Cruz City Council, Watsonville City Council|

Plus: Watsonville, Santa Cruz to weigh city budgets

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Author discusses relationships, money to address homelessness

By Tyler Maldonado|2024-08-13T16:56:33-07:00June 7, 2024|Tags: City of Capitola, Featured, homelessness, housing, Tyler Maldonado|

‘Miracle Messages’ as an antidote to social isolation

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Less money for road maintenance in approved Santa Cruz County budget

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:41-07:00June 6, 2024|Tags: Bruce McPherson, budget, county budget, Featured, Felipe Hernandez, Jesse Kathan, Justin Cummings, Manu Koenig, Matt Machado, roads, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, Zach Friend|

Smaller overall budget, more debt

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Passenger rail choices, a pesticide protest and city budget updates

By Jesse Kathan, Stephen Baxter and Nik Altenberg|2024-08-13T16:56:47-07:00June 3, 2024|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, Featured, housing, MacQuiddy Elementary School, Ocean Street, pesticides, rail trail, Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, wildfire|

Plus: Ocean Street housing proposal grows

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Capitola adopts city budget

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:54-07:00May 31, 2024|Tags: Capitola City Council, Capitola City Hall, City of Capitola, Featured, Jamie Goldstein, Jesse Kathan, Jessica Kahn, Jim Malberg, Joe Clarke, Kristen Brown|

Money for roads, bike track, pensions

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Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at UC Santa Cruz

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:59-07:00May 31, 2024|Tags: Featured, Gaza, Law enforcement, UC Santa Cruz|

Authorities start to dismantle camp

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Santa Cruz reaches housing goals while county, other cities fail

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:57:09-07:00May 31, 2024|Tags: affordable housing, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Kate Herlihy, Rafa Sonnenfeld, RHNA, Santa Cruz County, Suzanne Ise, Suzi Merriam|

Capitola, Scotts Valley make least progress on affordable homes

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Santa Cruz city budget avoids cuts, skips savings

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:57:15-07:00May 29, 2024|Tags: budget, City of Santa Cruz, Elizabeth Cabell, Featured, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Sonja Brunner|

Long-term shortfall persists despite sales tax hike

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Santa Cruz City Council allows Food Bin housing project

By Tyler Maldonado|2024-08-13T16:57:25-07:00May 29, 2024|Tags: affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, Featured, Food Bin, housing, Martine Watkins, Mission Street, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Scott Newsome|

Developer dissatisfied with 48 units, determining next steps

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May 20 meeting on Ocean Street housing proposal in Santa Cruz

By Jesse Kathan, Stephen Baxter and Nik Altenberg|2024-08-13T16:57:34-07:00May 19, 2024|Tags: City of Watsonville, Featured, Food Bin, housing, Human Services Department, Mission Street, Ocean Street|

Plus: Food Bin housing proposal returns to Santa Cruz City Council May 28

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How to find home insurance in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2025-05-01T11:01:14-07:00May 17, 2024|Tags: Cal Fire, City of Scotts Valley, Derek Timm, explainer, Featured, Gail Pellerin, home insurance, housing, Jesse Kathan, Ricardo Lara, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, Santa Cruz Mountains|

Practical tips to reduce costs, navigate brokers and seek new options