Soquel News

Steam rises around Santiago Lopez as he fries nopal cladode in downtown Santa Cruz on Sunday afternoon during the 5th annual Festival del Nopal.

CAPITOLA >> A bizarre scene unfolded at the beach in Capitola on Friday afternoon with thousands of dead fish on the beach and a paste-like substance in the water.

Julie Burr is embraced by loved ones outside of the Santa Cruz County Courthouse Department 6 on Thursday after hearing the guilty verdict for Nicholas Kusalich, the man accused of killing her father Robert Burr in 2010.

Ed and Sondi Carcello, owners of It's Wine Tyme, will celebrate their new location, 312 Capitola Ave. in Capitola Village, with a grand opening starting at 5 p.m. Friday.

Beer cafe, radio station: Internet radio personalities Justin Crossley and Scott Moskowitz of the beer show "The Brewing Network" have opened their first taproom and bottle shop, in Concord.

Visitors watch a demonstration of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's Ventana remote operated vehicle during an open house event in Moss Landing on Saturday.

The Soquel Union Elementary School District office, 620 Monterey Ave., is registering students all summer long for the upcoming 2014-15 school year.

Construction of a greenhouse roof continues under a dramatic cloudscape July 10 at Santa Cruz Mountain Naturals' medical marijuana farm in the Soquel Hills.

Derek Andersen, founder of Startup Grind Monterey Bay, will visit 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Scotts Valley Public Library, 251 Kings Village Road, to launch a local chapter.

SOQUEL >> The Soquel Creek Water District board took a closer look Tuesday at the discrepancy between how separate hydrologists view the extent of overdraft in the Soquel-Aptos groundwater basin, an assumption that will define how the agency moves forward on future supply projects.

SANTA CRUZ >> Within a day of Bob Burr's murder on Sept. 26, 2010, his housemate, then soon to be a suspect in the case, had sent his worried and confused girlfriend to Southern California.

SOQUEL >> Santa Cruz County's first reported case of West Nile Virus in 2014 has been confirmed by state health officials.

Daric and Kathy Wallace operate the Cruz N Gourmet food truck, catering to students and staff at UC Santa Cruz.

SOQUEL >> Hundreds of rabbits have been rescued since May by the Rabbit Haven. On Sunday, 30 of the rabbits will be available for meet and greet at the haven's adoption event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pet Pals, 3660 Soquel Drive in Soquel.

The commission currently has vacancies in the 1st District 4th District and 5th District The commission is a 10-member volunteer body appointed by the Board of Supervisors to advise the Board and the County Alcohol and Drug Program on alcohol and drug abuse issues through participation in the planning process, development of the goals and policies ... (more)

Jon Morgan thins the foliage on some of the pinot vines at Soquel Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains Wednesday.

The Scotts Valley Hilton plans a job fair 1-3 p.m. Wednesday at the Capitola Career Center, 2045 40th Ave., Suite B. The Hilton is looking to fill housekeeping and kitchen positions: Room attendant, houseman/laundry, cook, prep cook and dish washer.

Frank Perry, director of the Capitola Historical Museum, will tell stories from Capitola and Soquel's colorful past, when the Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce meets for a networking lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, at the Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Road.

SOQUEL >> A 43-year-old Los Gatos man is suspected of burglarizing a Soquel restaurant in late June.

Defendant Nicholas Kusalich listens to his attorney Art Dudley's opening statements on Monday in Kusalich's trial for the 2010 murder of his roommate Robert Burr.