Former manager of sober living house caught selling drugs will spend a year in County Jail
Jennifer Squires and J.M. Brown - Sentinel staff writers @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
SANTA CRUZ – The manager of a Santa Cruz sober living environment arrested by drug detectives last year on suspicion he was selling methamphetamine to residents of the supposed drug-free house will spend a year in County Jail, Judge Paul Marigonda ruled Tuesday.
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California Coastal Commission to decide 15-year Arana Gulch battle Thursday
J.M. BROWN - jbrown@santacruzentinel.com @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
SANTA CRUZ – Thursday, the California Coastal Commission will settle a prolonged battle over the future of Arana Gulch, a 68-acre greenbelt that is home to the federally protected Santa Cruz tarplant.
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Suspected gang members accused in Watsonville bowling alley shooting and stabbing appear in court
Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
WATSONVILLE – Two alleged gang members suspected of stabbing a gang dropout and shooting a young boy in a Watsonville bowling alley Friday night made their first court appearances Wednesday, but did not enter pleas.
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‘Lost Boys’ actor found dead: Corey Haim starred in Santa Cruz-based film
Wallace Baine @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
Corey Haim, the young star of the 1987 Santa Cruz-based cult hit “The Lost Boys,” died Wednesday at the age of 38.
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Live Oak man suspected of soliciting cop online will go to jail
Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
SANTA CRUZ – A Live Oak man convicted of a sex crime after he allegedly solicited a Santa Cruz police detective who was posing as a 12-year-old girl in an Internet chat room last year is scheduled to turn himself in at County Jail next week and serve a 120-day sentence, authorities said.
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January’s jobless rate in Santa Cruz County at 15 percent, highest ever
Neal Kearney - Sentinel correspondent @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
SANTA CRUZ – The Santa Cruz County jobless rate climbed in January to 15 percent, what appears to be a new record, from 13.
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Most county officials face no re-election challenges
Kurtis Alexander - kalexander@santacruzsentinl.com @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
SANTA CRUZ – With just days left to seek a top county administrative job, no one has stepped forward to challenge the incumbents.
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Former Red Cross volunteer used agency files to get phony prescriptions, deputies say
Jennifer Squires and J.M. Brown - Sentinel staff writers @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
APTOS – A former Red Cross volunteer who allegedly used names from a volunteer roster to call in fake prescriptions for a mild narcotic was arrested Monday.
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Santa Cruz couple wanted in sexual battery case surrenders at police station
Jennifer Squires and J.M. Brown - Sentinel staff writers @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
SANTA CRUZ – A Santa Cruz couple wanted for allegedly sexually battering an acquaintance last week turned themselves into police Tuesday evening.
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Man killed in Monday’s Highway 129 crash identified
Jennifer Squires and J.M. Brown - Sentinel staff writers @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off
AROMAS – The Coroner’s Office identified the North Monterey County man killed on Highway 129 Monday as 28-year-old Roberto Carlos Valdivia Juarez.
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