Soquel News

The Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce announces a holiday mixer 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday Dec.

The San Lorenzo River opened to steelhead fishing Dec. 1 with low flows and very little interest from anglers.

The La Selva Beach Community Church has commissioned stained glass artist John Joy to create a new installation for the church altar, which is scheduled to be in place by Christmas.

Q: The paving is done, but the county has yet to repaint the lines on Soquel Drive between 41st and Daubenbiss avenues in Soquel or on Hill Street between Bay Street and Capitola Avenue in Capitola.

Gateway School, 126 Eucalyptus Ave., is accepting applications for the 2010-11 school year and will host an admissions open house from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday.

What is Christmas without wine? Wine has been an important part of the Christmas tradition for hundreds of years.

The mother accused of kidnapping her daughter and fleeing to Mexico in early 2008 to avoid a homicide investigation in San Francisco appeared in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Tuesday to face charges of child abduction and other crimes.

Changes are in the works for both the leadership and the location of the Central Fire Protection District's Soquel station.

The owners of the Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park were back in front of Capitola's planning commission, but the result was the same.

The Soquel Union Elementary School District board of trustees elected Lynette Hamby its new president at its annual organizational meeting Dec.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and redevelopment agency accepted a $191,878 bid to design two synthetic turf soccer fields at Anna Jean Cummings Park in Soquel at its Nov.

Now that the holidays are here, it seems that the time just melts away. Thanksgiving with all of its fun and wonderful wine pairings is past, and Black Friday has come and gone.

Steve John, owner of Ocean Honda, unveiled a giant mural Tuesday night on the wall of his new dealership that commemorates 60-some people and places that have made his 25 years in business memorable.

A handful of parents urged the Soquel Union school board Wednesday to reject a suggestion for restructuring the district's three elementary schools to improve diversity and lopsided enrollment.

The court on Tuesday handed Santa Cruz County a boost in its widely-watched effort to protect rent-controlled mobile home parks.

A Soquel man convicted Tuesday of molesting a girl he was close to may spend the rest of his life in prison.

Q: I'm writing this morning to inquire about the situation I face every morning of the work week, which I can only describe as an engineering mess.

Traffic flows along Ocean Street in Santa Cruz on Monday. Three million Californians are expected to hit the road for the coming holiday weekend Gas prices typically drop around the holidays -- good news for the 3 million Californians expected to hit the road this holiday weekend.

A proposal for evening out the size and diversity of Soquel Union's three elementary schools is raising a stink among parents who say the change is unnecessary and too big.

SCORE offers a start-up workshop to help new and early-stage businesses 6-8:30 p.m. Dec.