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23 hrs ago | Santa Cruz Sentinel

Give from the heart: Donate or volunteer this holiday season

Donate a toy or two to help make this holiday season joyful. Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel file If you want to give back to the community this holiday season, the Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County has a number of opportunities.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Coast Lines Nov. 24, 2009

One lane of Highway 9 near Coral Street will be closed for about an hour beginning at 9 a.m. today so a work crew can repair the pavement, city officials reported.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Council bans smoking in much of Capitola Village

The City Council voted 3-2 Thursday night to ban smoking on the Esplanade, Stockton Bridge, the wharf and city parks.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Valley Post

Soquel Creek Reduces Water Price Hike for a Year

In response to customer concerns about rising water rates, the board of the Soquel Creek Water District reduced its planned increase for 2010.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Examiner.com

Santa arrives, Capitola style! Capitola's Surfin' Santa

Celebrate the coming of the Christmas season and San Jose's proximity to the beach all in one event! Surfin' Santa & The Reindeer will be surfing in to Capitola at the main beach on Saturday, November 28th at 12:00 PM.

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The Valley Post

Begonia Festival Poster Artist Sought

The Capitola Begonia Festival Committee is looking for an extraordinary piece of art produced by a local artist to serve as the official poster for the 58th Annual Capitola Begonia Festival next September.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Valley Post

Capitola's Proposed Smoking Ban Could Lead Nation

When the statewide smoking ban took effect in 1999, Capitola's cigarette and cigar puffers were driven outdoors.

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The Valley Post

Capitola Library Will Stay in Its Current Neighborhood

Capitola's city councilmen voted four-to-one Nov. 12 to look at both the Rispin mansion property on Soquel Creek and the current Wharf Road library site across the street to build a larger, permanent branch.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Grant awarded for countywide DUI enforcement

The Capitola Police Department landed a $478,654 grant for a countywide DUI enforcement campaign two weeks after the county had two fatal alcohol-related crashes.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

KCBA

Research Aims to Shed Light On Dolphin Attacks Mystery

For anyone who has spent time near the shores of the Monterey Bay the sight of the dolphin has become one of the most revered and spectacular of any marine mammal.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Micah Posner: No surprise the 'status quo' opposes rail trail project

The day that I read Ron Marquez's defense of the status quo transportation paradigm in the Sentinel, I also perused the city of Santa Cruz's draft climate action plan.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Man killed in Santa Cruz hit-and-run identified as Harish Tailor

The man killed in a hit-and-run while crossing Laurel Street at Felix Friday was a 60-year-old tailor from India who recently filed to have his children and grandchildren to move to America, according to his family.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

New Capitola library will be on Wharf Road

Either the existing library location on Wharf Road or the Rispin property across the street: The city will explore those two sites to determine which would be best for a new larger 7,000-square-foot library.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Man stabbed multiple times in Capitola on Wednesday afternoon

A man in the Jewel Box neighborhood was stabbed at least twice while trying to fend off his attacker with a wooden 4-by-4 post Wednesday afternoon.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Rent hike contested at Pacific Cove Mobile Home Park in Capitola

Capitola wants to raise space rents to $400-$600 a month for part-time residents at Pacific Cove Mobile Home Park, generating $47,000 to $90,000 a year for the city's depleted treasury, but Pacific Cove residents are contesting the move.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Examiner.com

Dancing With Butterflies book tour continues

To celebrate the release of her latest novel, Dancing With Butterflies , award-winning author Reyna Grande has been touring the US.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Valley Post

Should Marijuana Be Legalized for Recreational Use?

Medical marijuana already may be legal in California, but a new push to legalize and tax the drug, either for medicine or entertainment, is gaining new momentum.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Valley Post

Capitola Library Likely to Remain on Wharf Road

A citizen's ad hoc committee, the library director and residents in attendance Nov.

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San Jose Mercury News

Monterey Bay researchers say dolphins are causing porpoise deaths

Mark Cotter/Contributed Okeanis researchers captured this photo of a bottlenose dolphin attacking a harbor porpoise in the Monterey Bay in September.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Capitola library location undecided after 2-2 vote

The location of the new larger Capitola library branch remains undecided after a 2-2 vote by the City Council Wednesday night.

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