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Rotary Raises $90,000 for Treasure Cove Inclusive Playground

05/04/2024

The Capitola Aptos Rotary Club presented a check for over $90,000 to County Park Friends which is fundraising for the Treasure Cove Inclusive Playground at Jade Street Park.

Harvey West Park Homeless Encampment Cleared

05/02/2024

The City of Santa Cruz cleared an encampment used by 30-40 people from the Harvey West Friendship Park on May 1.

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Scotts Valley Makes Progress on Parks Plan

Scotts Valley City Council held a special joint study session with the Parks and Recreation Commission on May 1 to envision the full scope of recreation options for the city.

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Arana Gulch

Remnant of an ancient ecosystem in the middle of town.

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Giant Dipper Celebrates a Century of Thrills

The great roller coaster arose amid screams above the golden strand of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk—a tooth-loosener, eyeball-popper, and one long shriek.

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Watsonville Kicks Off Ramsay Park Renaissance Project

Watsonville city officials gathered Friday to break ground on a major renovation and upgrade for Ramsay Park.

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Salinas River Beach State Park Hike

During my brief running phase, I ran in the Santa Cruz to Capitola Wharf to Wharf Race. I was dead last. The guy who was right in front of me, second to last, starts making fun of me.

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Tips on Ticks for Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Partly due to global warming and the proliferation of ticks, Lyme disease is the fastest growing infectious disease in the US. Here’s how to protect yourself.

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Lake Lompico: A Labor of Love

Restoration and Demonstration Project in Progress

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Following the Fall Creek Fish Ladder Trail

There’s a cartoon in the 9/9/22 New Yorker that shows salmon jumping upstream over rocks with leopards, pelicans, crocodiles, raccoons, lions, alligators and wolves catching them in mid-air. In the foreground one bear says to another bear, “You just had …

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Is Cowell Beach the Best Beginner's Surf Break in the World?

A practical, user-friendly guide to learning to surf in Santa Cruz: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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A Call to Local Artists

The City of Watsonville has sent out a call to local artists to help create a mural for the new nature center coming to Ramsay Park.

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