Santa Cruz native and current UC Berkeley student Ariella Powers was arrested last Saturday for failure to disperse at the scene of a crime at an Occupy Oakland protest.
Santa Cruz Green Building Program presents awards honoring waste reducing and resource efficient building practices to local homeowners.
The Santa Cruz City Council has approved the continuation of a contract with an environmental impact desalination consultant. Desalination may serve as a feasible source of water for Santa Cruz, which just experienced its second driest December in history.
UC Santa Cruz graduate and Mission Hill Creamery owner Dave Kumec sits down with CHP to discuss the grand re-opening of his organic, artisan ice cream shop.
A bustling crowd of chocolate lovers, including locals, newcomers and diehards strolled through the aromatic aisles of Santa Cruz’s fifth annual Chocolate Festival last Saturday.
California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed that by the end of 2012 the Department of Juvenile Justice be closed and juveniles be sent to the county facilities
The Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) and the Santa Cruz Fire Department participated in a Battle of the Badges blood drive to see which department could donate the most blood last Saturday, Jan. 14. A total of 46 units were donated, beating the Red Cross’ original 40-unit goal.
The Santa Cruz City Council passed the Climate Adaptation Plan last month, based on research about the city’s vulnerability to climate change and how to mitigate future climate change disasters.
One night in November of last year, John and Sue, both participants of Occupy Santa Cruz, threw a brick through the window of the Wells Fargo building downtown, just a few blocks from where they live. City on a Hill Press recently sat down with the pair to learn more about Occupy Santa Cruz, from an insider’s perspective — as well as what led them to vandalism for the sake of a cause.
Roughly 80 protesters occupied a vacant building at 75 River Street on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Santa Cruz police attempted to enter the building, but demonstrators barricaded the door.