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Teen dies after losing control of car

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

FELTON - An 18-year-old Boulder Creek man died about 10 p.m. Monday, and a passenger in his car was seriously injured, after he lost control of a car on Felton Empire Grade Road, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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Homicide suspects in court for arraignment

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

SANTA CRUZ - Two Watsonville men appeared in court Tuesday to face murder charges after the stabbing Saturday of Vincente Christopher Moreno, 22, of Santa Cruz, but the arraignment hearing was continued until Jan.

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Gang-motivated stabbing kills Santa Cruz woman’s fiancee

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

After proposing to her boyfriend of two years less than a week ago, Kaisha Otis-Taul is now making funeral plans for her fiancee who died in what police are calling a gang-motivated stabbing.

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Capitola eyes cutting summer concerts, street cleaning, mall office for police

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

Facing a $1 million gap on next year’s $13 million budget, Capitola city staffers are proposing a long list of cutbacks.

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Scotts Valley’s Glenwood open space stays closed to public

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

The 160 undeveloped acres on the north end of town across from Scotts Valley High School, once the center of a controversy between residents and a developer, have been eyed for several years as a place for people to walk on trails and enjoy the bucolic landscape amid several endangered species and sensitive habitat.

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Free agent Pat Burrell signs with MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

Outfielder Pat Burrell is off the free-agent market. The Boulder Creek native signed a two-year, $16-million deal with the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday afternoon.

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Gang-motivated stabbing kills Santa Cruz woman’s fiancee

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

SANTA CRUZ - After proposing to her boyfriend of two years less than a week ago, Kaisha Otis-Taul is now making funeral plans for her fiancee who died in what police are calling a gang-motivated stabbing.

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Panetta says his wife will run the Panetta Institute if he goes to the CIA

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

The surprise selection of Leon Panetta as director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Obama administration promises to leave his public policy institute at CSU-Monterey Bay in the hands of his wife, Sylvia.

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Surfing Club grandson fights back

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

SANTA CRUZ - The grandson of an original member of a 1930s surfing club lashed out Monday at members of the club’s preservation society who are suing him for trademark infringement, elder abuse and other illegal acts.

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Capitola eyes cutting summer concerts, street cleaning, mall office for police

Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

The recession shoe has dropped in Capitola. Facing a $1 million gap on a $13 million budget, city staff propose a long list of cutbacks, halting the free summer concerts on the beach, street cleaning and gardening done by temporary workers, closing the police substation in the mall and reducing planning commission meetings from twice a month to once a month.

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