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Sep 21, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nik Altenberg
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
kqed.org | Nik Altenberg
Sep 21Failed to save articlePlease try againA Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus drives on Meridian Avenue in San José on June 17, 2024. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)“The nature of the job — they open that door, they really don’t know who’s walking on,” Singh said. The Chaboya bus yard is not a location where passengers get on the bus. The shooting comes three years after a VTA employee shot and killed nine of his coworkers, and then himself, at a VTA rail yard in downtown San José.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
kqed.org | Nik Altenberg
Sep 19Failed to save articlePlease try againVice President Kamala Harris arrives to formally accept the Democratic Party nomination for president on the last day of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 2024. While the Teamsters announced they will not be endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time in decades, the West Coast councils that represent members in California broke with the national union and backed Harris.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
santacruzlocal.org | Nik Altenberg
Eighty apartments are proposed at a vacant lot at Soquel Avenue and Cayuga Street in Santa Cruz. (Workbench)SANTA CRUZ >> An online meeting is planned for 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 to gather feedback from residents about an 80-unit apartment building proposed at 1024 Soquel Ave. in Midtown Santa Cruz. Residents’ feedback could contribute to changes in the project’s design, according to the city’s page for the project. The meeting is part of the city’s outreach policy for larger development proposals.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
santacruzlocal.org | Jesse Kathan |Nik Altenberg
A housing project at 2838 Park Ave. in Soquel is supposed to finish in early 2025. (Tyler Maldonado — Santa Cruz Local file)SOQUEL >> Construction appeared to stall for several weeks this summer at a 36-unit permanent supportive housing complex at 2838 Park Ave. in Soquel, but a representative for the developer said the project remains on track to finish next year. Santa Cruz Local’s newsletter breaks down complex local topics and shows residents how to get involved.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
santacruzlocal.org | Nik Altenberg
Attorneys for the UC Regents, the City of Santa Cruz and the County of Santa Cruz enter a Santa Cruz County Superior Court hearing about UCSC’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan on June 13. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local)SANTA CRUZ >> UC Santa Cruz’s plan to add more than 8,000 students by 2040 failed to fully account for the impacts that growth would have on regional housing, water use, wildlife and evacuation routes, a judge ruled Monday.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
santacruzlocal.org | Nik Altenberg
Construction began in early July on 161 homes on Ingalls Alley near Swift Street and the rail trail in Santa Cruz. The university is expected to sign a 30-year lease for the units in August. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local)SANTA CRUZ >> For years Santa Cruz city and county leaders have tried to get UC Santa Cruz officials to tie enrollment growth to new campus housing.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
santacruzlocal.org | Nik Altenberg
The Scotts Valley City Council on Aug. 7 will consider whether to put a business tax hike on the November ballot. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)Meeting: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 Attend at Scotts Valley City Council chambers, 1 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley. Join on Zoom or call 669-900-9128 meeting ID 832 9573 0901. The meeting also will be streamed on YouTube. To comment ahead of the meeting, email Scotts Valley City Clerk Cathie Simonovich at by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
santacruzlocal.org | Nik Altenberg |Stephen Baxter
A free National Night Out event with games and food will take place 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 at MacDorsa Park near Scotts Valley City Hall. (Kara Meyberg Guzman — Santa Cruz Local file)National Night Out in Santa Cruz County4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 / Boulder Creek Fire Department, 13230 Central Ave., Boulder Creek5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 / Jade Street Park, 4400 Jade St., Capitola5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 / MacDorsa Park, 77 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley5-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
kqed.org | Nik Altenberg
Jul 27Failed to save articlePlease try againSammy Hallaq has spent five years seeking damages in court after Auto Towing illegally towed his car in 2019. (Nik Alternberg/KQED)It’s impossible to know how many San Franciscans were scammed over the years by Jose Badillo and Abigail Fuentes, but November 2019 might have been the beginning of the end for their towing when a black 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser was towed from a Foods Co. parking lot in the Bayview.
