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How Much do YOU Love Santa Cruz?
Are you willing to tattoo the name of the town on your body? These people have.
Brad Kava, Patch Staff
Brad Kava, Patch Staff
- Santa Cruz, CA
brad.kava@patch.com
408-656-1519
I've loved journalism and Santa Cruz for as long as I can remember. A New York native schooled in Berkeley, my first stop on the West Coast was the smaller city on the bay–the Monterey Bay–and it was love at first sight.
I learned about what it means to cover a community here and to be part of a running dialogue doing a news talk radio show. My perfect life would be sitting on Pacific Avenue and talking to every person who walks by and discovering their story. And, that's my job, basically. What could be better?
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Rotarians Celebrate Raising $100,000 for New Classroom at Sanctuary Center
Some 200 people attended the opening gala at the Marine Sanctuary Center in Santa Cruz. Rotary raised $100,000 for a classroom that would help pass on ecological values to future generations.
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Danny Keith Opens the First Nonprofit Skate and Surf Shop
The entrepreneur and hunger fighter wants to bring charity work to a new generation by enlisting kids who are already passionate about action sports.
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Santa Cruz Artist Kirby Scudder Tours the 27-Foot Girl
The artist who helped get the Tannery and First Friday going tried an experiment that few saw live.
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Woman Attacked on UCSC Campus Friday Morning
The woman was walking by the loading dock at the College 9/10 dining hall when a man hit her with a metal pipe.
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Fugitive Friday: Jewelry Store Armed Robber
Authorities are also looking for a habitual drunk driver and a man suspected of domestic violence.
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UPDATE: Murdered Youth's Family and Counselor Say He Was 'Sweet Kid,' Not In Gangs
Family and friends of Joey Mendoza, 13, said he was a good student who had turned his life around.
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Young Gang Shooting Victim Mourned By Police
Joey Mendoza, 13, lived in Santa Cruz and Watsonville. He played football and was a member of the Sureño street gang.
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Highway 17 Closed Thursday By Fallen Power Lines
Motorists are advised to find alternate routes over Highway 17 Thursday morning.
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UPDATE: Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed In Drive-By Near Lower Ocean Street on Wednesday
Police and ambulances were called to San Lorenzo Boulevard and Bixby Street around 8 p.m. They found a boy shot twice in the back. He was coming home from football practice, his family said.
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While You Slept, Monsters Ate the La Fonda Bridge
Well, it looked like that as construction workers with giant prehistoric-looking machines crashed down the bridge over Highway 1 connecting Harbor High to the Prospect Heights neighborhood on the other side of the freeway.
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Shhh...Don't Tell the Tourists ....There is Great Fast Food in Santa Cruz
Need to eat healthy in a hurry? Alfresco has fast food cheap and, yes, fast.
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Forever 21 Plans Big Giveaways at Saturday Opening: Gift Cards for First 300 Shoppers
It doesn't look ready for showtime, when you sneak a peek into the new Forever 21 store at Pacific and Soquel Avenues, but workers there say they are planning a Saturday opening.
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Where is This in Santa Cruz? (With Hints)
Berries are bursting and bicyclists stop to pick them.
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Fire Crews Contain One-Acre Pogonip Blaze Saturday
The fire was near the railroad tracks and was stopped before it got to wooded areas.
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'Family Fun Day' at Evergreen Cemetery Saturday
It's not a place you might think of for a fun time, but nothing the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History does fits the stereotypes.
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Looking for a Kitty? Try 'Meow Luau' Saturday
Summer is the busiest time for cats entering the shelter. The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter wants to spice and entice new cat owners to take them home with a Hawaiian-themed adoption day.
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Fugitive Friday: Drug Dealers, Thieves
These are the five 'most wanted' criminals in the county this week.
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Santa Cruz County Places 171st in the Nation for Elderly Quality of Life
Not enough hospital beds, high cost of living and taxes outweighed good weather, low obesity rates and proximity of grocery stores in this study.
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Want to Know What Those Sea Lions Are Up To?
UCSC scientists offer free weekend tours on the Santa Cruz Wharf focusing on the facts behind the wildlife.
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