Parks and Recreation Opens Marsh Vista Trail in Arana Gulch

Parks and Recreation Opens Marsh Vista Trail in Arana Gulch

Santa Cruz, CA…City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation is pleased to announce Marsh Vista Trail is open for visitors to enjoy while Arana Gulch construction is underway and thereafter. The quarter-mile trail is a single track, point-to-point route for pedestrians only (no dogs or bikes allowed). Access points are the Agnes Street entrance and […]

Parks and Recreation Winter-Spring Activity Guide Available Now

Parks and Recreation Winter-Spring Activity Guide Available Now

Santa Cruz, CA…Parks and Recreation is offering dozens of inspiring classes to help you reach your goals in 2014. Kids capoeira is featured on the cover of theWinter-Spring Guide which is available online and in area mailboxes beginning December 26. Check out these NEW classes for winter-spring and register beginning January 6, 2014 on instaReg: Understanding Form and Light: A Drawing Approach, Boys Hip Hop, Modern Dance, Beginning […]

American Farmland Trust Profiles How California Farmers And Ranchers Are Producing A Better Environment

American Farmland Trust Profiles How California Farmers And Ranchers Are Producing A Better Environment

Davis, CA…American Farmland Trust today released forty-five Profiles In Stewardship showing how farmers and ranchers in 25 California counties have improved the environment by adopting conservation practices that serve as examples for others to follow, according to Andrew McElwaine, President and CEO of AFT. “One of AFT’s top priorities is to promote sound farming practices […]

Paint Companies Including Sherwin-Williams Must Pay $1.1 Billion To Remove Lead Affecting Children From Homes In 10 Calif. Cities And Counties Including Monterey

San Francisco, CA… Mary Alexander, San Francisco victims’ rights attorney, announced that a state Judge in Santa Clara County, California, has ordered top lead paint companies including Sherwin-Williams to pay $1.1 billion into a fund to be used to remove the lead potentially dangerous to children in hundreds of thousands of homes in ten cities […]

FOX Receives CPSC Approval for Its Recall of Certain 2013 Evolution Mountain Bike Suspension Forks

Watsonville, CA…Fox Factory recalls Evolution mountain bike suspension forks due to fall hazard. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall Summary Name of Product: Evolution 2013 Mountain Bike Suspension Forks Hazard: The suspension fork’s damper cylinder/piston can separate and […]

Early Morning Hit and Run sends Watsonville Man to the Hospital with major injuries

Early Morning Hit and Run sends Watsonville Man to the Hospital with major injuries

Watsonville, CA…On 12/18/2013 at approximately 5:20am.  Richard T. Cordero, 46 was in the roadway on Freedom Blvd when he was suddenly struck by a “White Vehicle” traveling southbound on Freedom Blvd. toward Watsonville. A witness described the suspect vehicle as a “White vehicle” but did not recall any additional information. Cordero sustained major injuries as […]

Pfeiffer Fire Now At 500 Acres and 5% Containment

Pfeiffer Fire Now At 500 Acres and 5% Containment

Big Sir, CA…A wildfire started around midnight in the vicinity of Pfeiffer Ridge in the Monterey Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest. The fire has burned at least 500 with 5 percent containment. Due to the heavy smoke and rough terrain the acreage size of the fire will become more accurate as the smoke […]

Pfeiffer Fire Now at 450 Acres

Pfeiffer Fire Now at 450 Acres

Big Sir, CA…A wildfire started around midnight in the vicinity of Pfeiffer Ridge in the Monterey Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest. The fire has burned between 400 to 500 acres and residents living in the homes on Pfeiffer Ridge Road have been evacuated. The following road closures are currently in place: Sycamore Canyon […]

Vegetation Fire, Big Sur (Monterey County)

Vegetation Fire, Big Sur (Monterey County)

Monterey, CA – Around midnight on Monday, December 16, 2013, CAL FIRE received a call to assist with a vegetation fire near Pfeiffer Ridge Road and Highway 1, in Big Sur (Monterey County). CAL FIRE assisted the Los Padres National Forest and the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade, along with other local government agencies responding. […]

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