Soquel News

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.

Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association board members, from left, David and Lynda Lewit and Judy and Paul Parsons, are trying to devise a way to save the group's picnic grounds in Pringle Grove in Soquel.

On July 2, Friend in Cheeses Jam Co. of Santa Cruz will get 5 percent of the sales at Whole Foods Santa Cruz and In the Breadbox of Soquel will get 5 percent of sales at Whole Foods Capitola, with the funds going to expand their businesses.

MONTEREY >> An intensive science education collaboration among the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Pajaro Valley Unified School District and the Watsonville community has received the "Bright Lights" award from the Noyce Foundation.

Capitola Twilight Concerts will feature Shane Dwight playing the blues on the bandstand stage at Esplanade Park 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Friend in Cheeses Jam Co. of Santa Cruz, headed by Tabitha Stroup, has been voted Whole Foods Santa Cruz Local Foodmaker and In the Breadbox, which makes gluten-free buns in Soquel, is the Whole Foods Capitola Local Foodmaker.

Louis Nicholas "Nick" Kusalich, 53, of Live Oak, stands accused of killing Burr, his housemate at the time, with a hammer at their Koopman Avenue home.

The couple met when Dante went to work for Mary's father at the family ranch on the coast south of Davenport.

Winning Ways A collection of Monterey County good news including military, education, nonprofits and Well Done.

SANTA CRUZ >> A 53-year-old Live Oak man accused of killing his 50-year-old housemate will face a trial in the coming weeks, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Heather Bechtel, director of the Rabbit Haven, holds a rescued rabbit at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

Land of Medicine Buddha opens its center to the community once a year for a day of festivities -- and that day is Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the retreat grounds at 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel.

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the amusement park owned by the Santa Cruz Seaside Co., is the only Santa Cruz based company to be recognized by Bay Area News Group as one of the 2014 Top Bay Area Workplaces.

Jen Ulmer, who makes her wildly successful gluten-free hamburger buns at a commercial kitchen in Soquel, is hoping to land a local food maker grant.