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More in-school instruction planned for January in Santa Cruz County

By Stephen Baxter|2021-03-11T10:44:12-08:00November 4, 2020|Tags: City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, Coronavirus, education, Live Oak, Live Oak School District, Pacific Elementary School District, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, San Lorenzo Valley, San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz City Schools, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Scotts Valley Unified School District|

‘Hybrid’ model expected to include online, in-person K-12 public education

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Watsonville City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:18:29-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: Aurelio Gonzalez, City of Watsonville, Eduardo Montesino, Elections 2020, Jimmy Dutra, Tony Gomez, Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, Vote Nov. 3, Watsonville City Council|

Aurelio Gonzalez, Jimmy Dutra, Eduardo Montesino ahead

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Scotts Valley City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:17:02-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: City of Scotts Valley, Donna Lind, Jack Dilles, John Lewis, Randy Johnson, Scotts Valley City Council, Vote Nov. 3|

Incumbents Donna Lind, Randy Johnson, Jack Dilles lead race

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Santa Cruz City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:15:27-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Elections 2020, Santa Cruz City Council, Vote Nov. 3|

Watkins, Brunner, Brown, Kalantari-Johnson lead in early returns

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Capitola City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:19:55-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: Anthony Rovai, Capitola City Council, City of Capitola, Elections 2020, Kristen Petersen, Margaux Keiser, Vote Nov. 3, Will Reising|

Incumbent Kristen Petersen leads field

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John Leopold concedes in Santa Cruz County supervisor race

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T15:53:43-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: Elections 2020, Featured, John Leopold, Manu Koenig, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Vote Nov. 3|

Officials continue to count thousands of ballots countywide

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Watsonville police chief discusses Saturday’s fatal shootings

By Matthew Renda|2021-03-11T10:49:45-08:00October 28, 2020|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, David Honda, Felipe Hernandez, pesticides, Porter Building, Rebecca Garcia, Trina Coffman-Gomez, Watsonville City Council, Watsonville Police Department|

Some residents worry about resurgence of violence

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COVID rules loosen for businesses in Santa Cruz County

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-03-11T10:49:46-08:00October 27, 2020|Tags: City of Watsonville, Coronavirus, economy, Gail Newel, health, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, Santa Cruz County Office of Education|

Expansion of in-person teaching not expected until January, superintendents say

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Maps show disparity in Santa Cruz County property taxes

By Stephen Baxter|2021-03-11T10:41:00-08:00October 27, 2020|Tags: Elections 2020, housing, taxes|

Data experiment comes on eve of state Proposition 15

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Coastal Commission to consider limits on rebuilding of Santa Cruz County beach homes

By Matthew Renda and Stephen Baxter|2021-03-11T10:39:41-08:00October 25, 2020|Tags: California Coastal Commission, climate change, environment, erosion, John Leopold, Local Coastal Program, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, sea level rise, Zach Friend|

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Scotts Valley leaders to explore borrowing more money for pensions

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-03-11T16:58:44-08:00October 23, 2020|Tags: affordable housing, City of Scotts Valley, Coronavirus, development, economy, housing, pensions, Scotts Valley City Council, Scotts Valley Town Center|

New Target store in works; city steps toward Town Center plan

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Podcast: Vote Nov. 3, Santa Cruz City Council

By Stephen Baxter and Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:33:52-07:00October 18, 2020|Tags: Alicia Kuhl, City of Santa Cruz, Elections 2020, Elizabeth Conlan, homelessness, housing, inclusionary, Kayla Kumar, Kelsey Hill, Maria Cadenas, Martine Watkins, rentals, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Sonja Brunner, Vote Nov. 3|

Santa Cruz Local presses candidates on priorities we heard from residents