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Education
FELTON >> Gail Levine, retired Bonny Doon School superintendent, was appointed a trustee of the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District on Wednesday night, filling a vacancy created when Lea Dakota resigned May 5 after serving 12 years. Four women applied, one withdrew and one did not attend, leaving the board to interview Jacqui Rice, a parent active in the San Lorenzo Valley Foundation For...
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Events
SANTA CRUZ New harbor dredge arriving Tuesday Pieces of the Santa Cruz Port District’s new dredge “Twin Lakes” are scheduled to begin arriving at the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor on Tuesday, requiring the temporary closure of the launch ramp and adjoining parking areas for approximately 10 days. Hand launch ramps for dinghies, kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards on the west side of the harbor will be unaffected. Trucks, trailers and...
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Pets
SOQUEL >> If you’re looking to add a rabbit to your family, Pet Pals is the place to be Sunday. Rabbit Haven will hold a bunny adoption from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Pet Pals, 3660 Soquel Drive. Rabbit Haven Director Heather Bechtel said more than 100 rabbits will be available for adoption at Sunday’s event. “A rabbit is a very special family member certain to bring delight into your life for years to...
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Business
One recent April day, Pete Cordaro inched his Tesla Model S over a bumpy dirt road in rural Pennsylvania, during a hunt for morel mushrooms. The car shuddered and, Cordaro said, “boom, it came apart.” It became the break down heard ‘round the EV world. Federal safety officials got involved, Tesla issued a lengthy blog post denying problems and Cordaro was besieged by other Tesla drivers accusing him of sedan abuse. “Everybody’s bashing...
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Business
SANTA cRUZ Glow & Grace to host a social Sunday Glow & Grace Collective will offer a rejuvenation social 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday at Ancient Waves Wellness, 2222 E. Cliff Drive, Suite 216 at the Santa Cruz Harbor. There will be holistic anti-aging demonstrations, free samples of skin care products and herbal beverages and teas. The owners of Glow & Grace Collective, Lauren Moser, Anna Surber and Deva Cassandra, met at Five Branches University in...
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Crime
WATSONVILLE >> A 17-year-old from Watsonville was arrested early Friday after a chase with a stolen pickup that ended with a crash into a house on Carr Street in Watsonville. The unlicensed teen found a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup with the keys in the ignition earlier in the night, said Watsonville police Sgt. Michael Ridgway. An officer tried to stop him about 3:15 a.m. on Lincoln Street near Stanford Street in part because he was driving without headlights on, Ridgway said.
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Crime
LOS GATOS >> A 27-year-old Los Gatos man was arrested Thursday after police said he touched himself inside Kmart and Dollar Tree in Scotts Valley. A witness told police that Ben Anthony Kinderski masturbated inside Kmart at 270 Mount Hermon Road about 5:15 p.m. Thursday, said Scotts Valley police Sgt. Jayson Rutherford. The witness followed Kinderski to Dollar Tree at 266 Mount Hermon Road and “saw him masturbate inside the store while looking at a female,”...
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Wildlife
WATSONVILLE >> An Australian mobile app that creates a crowdsourced map of shark sightings launched in the U.S. Thursday, with the help of a Watsonville aviation company. The app is called Dorsal, and it has 200,000 active users in Australia. How it works is when someone sees a shark, they can report it on the app, Dorsal’s website or Facebook page. Then Dorsal verifies the report...
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Politics
SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature’s top Democrats have agreed on a framework for a state budget that makes a generous deposit into a rainy-day savings account and sets aside close to a half-billion dollars for affordable housing, administration sources said Thursday. Despite a Wall Street slowdown that led Brown last month to release a revised $122.2 billion general fund budget that had shrunk slightly compared to January, legislative leaders convinced him...
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Graduation ceremonies
SANTA CRUZ >> Samantha Throop recalled a time when she wanted nothing more than to be a flower on the wall, cringing at the public spotlight as she began her recovery from a 30-year alcohol and drug addiction. More than eight years later, Throop was grinning as she danced and strutted in her cap and gown at the Santa Cruz Adult School to the applause of friends, family and teachers, as she was commended this week for earning...
