'Suspicious' Pogonip Fires + Shooting + Body Surfing Championship

Good morning, Santa Cruz! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Occasional rain, mainly early. High: 64 Low: 58.

Here are the top stories in and around Santa Cruz today:

1. Santa Cruz Body Surfing Association's 37th Annual Championships Happen Oct. 23 at Laguna Creek Beach (Good Times Weekly)
2. Storrs Winery's 2017 Pinot Noir is a 'Killer' Halloween Choice (Good Times Weekly)
3. Johnny's Harborside Rocks Fresh Seafood Enhanced by Worldly Flavor Profiles (Good Times Weekly)
4. 'This is going to solve the housing crisis': Santa Cruz builder waxes on importance of ADUs (Lookout Santa Cruz)
5. Santa Cruz Fire reports two smaller fires in Pogonip Park "suspicious in nature"546 (KION)
6. Deputies investigate Watsonville deadly shooting (KSBW Monterey)

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Today in Santa Cruz:

• Picture Day Make-ups - Bonny Doon Elementary Distict (12:00 AM)
• UC Virtual Study Abroad Fair - University of California Santa Cruz-Meetings & Conferences (11:00 AM)
• New Teacher Community Meeting - Harbor High School (3:45 PM)
• Parent Club Meeting via Zoom - Happy Valley Elementary School District (6:30 PM)
• Stories for Bedtime - Virtual Library (7:00 PM)

Santa Cruz Patch Notebook

• Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office: "WE NEED YOUR HELP! On Sunday at about 8pm our deputies were sent to the area of Carlton Rd and Coward Rd for a person in medical distress. Upon their arrival, deputies found a 21 year old man suffering from a gun shot wound. He was taken..." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "GOOD LUCK Golden State Warriors! 🤜💥🤛 #NBA75 🏀 GSW at LAL 🕖 7:00pm PT 📺 NBA on TNT" (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Warriors: "Welcome Jeff! #SeaDubs The Golden State Warriors have been awarded guard Jeff Dowtin off of waivers, and his contract has been converted to a Two-Way deal." (Facebook)
• Santa Cruz Public Libraries: "This Dad and Daughter came into the Downtown Branch the other day and were excited to see a banner of themselves! A few years back the friends of SCPL did a "find yourself in the library" campaign and these two found themselves in the li..." (Facebook)
• City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation: "13 Days of Halloween on the Wharf begins tomorrow, October 19th, and runs through Halloween, October 31st! Join us for 13 days of frightful fun and enjoy fabulous, unique specials from restaurants and gift shops perfectly catered to the ..." (Facebook)

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— Courtney Teague

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