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The new collective organizational model streamlines communication, nurtures creativity and drives more impactful initiatives...
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 8:18am PDT
Chaos unfolds as Santa Cruz and Global artists Alex Skelton and Joff Jones are confronted by territorial vendors, police officers, and more new regulations which see large areas of Pacific Avenue made exclusive and privatized by a new permitting system where certain individuals are apparently granted exclusive use of our Public Sidewalk if they pay money to the City.
This is a developing story. . ....
Posted: Sat, Mar 23, 2024 9:37am PDT
On December 12, 2023, Seaside Police Officer John Crivello was captured on video kneeling on a teenager's head.
News article and interview with teen:
Sea...
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2023 1:08pm PST
At the March 14th meeting of the Santa Cruz City Council, Mayor Fred Keeley introduced a surprise motion targeting homeless residents who panhandle on traffic medians (watch video below). Keeley's motion was not included anywhere in the meeting's agenda packet, he spontaneously inserted it into an unrelated vote on item #15, which concerned bicycle safety improvements and the removal of automobile parking on Laurel Street. Keeley stated the motion as follows: "Add additional direction that th...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2023 8:06am PDT
Watsonville Police have released an edited video (see below) that includes the 911 calls related to this incident, as well as some of the bodycam footage. In ad...
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2022 1:44pm PDT
A video posted to social media (see below) shows police in Watsonville suddenly pushing 39 year-old Antonio Zepeda to the ground and then punching him in the area of his head and neck while arresting him on July 19. Community members are calling for transparency and for police to release their bodycam footage of the incident....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2022 2:30pm PDT
(The Downtown Plan Expansion project presentation begins at the 3:10 mark of the video.)
Motion made by Commissioner Schiffrin, seconded by Chairperson Dawson ...
Posted: Sun, Jun 12, 2022 2:09pm PDT
Final Environmental Study Revives Proposal to Use Dangerous Highway 166...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2021 10:47am PDT
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has released some of the video footage from the body cameras worn by deputies involved in the shooting of Eli Burry on April 6. The footage was included in an edited video posted to Facebook on April 14 that features video, text, and still images, in addition to narration by Sheriff Jim Hart. (Watch video below)...
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2021 4:47pm PDT
Longer version of the video, captured directly from the City Council's stream....
Posted: Wed, Feb 24, 2021 1:52pm PST
Rough video from Community Television broadcast of meeting....
Posted: Wed, Feb 24, 2021 10:29am PST
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Posted: Sat, Oct 17, 2020 9:06pm PDT
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Posted: Sun, Jun 21, 2020 10:56am PDT
A man who allegedly carjacked two different vehicles in Ben Lomond, then threw bombs at Santa Cruz Sheriffs as they responded, was making statements about police "use of force" and how he was "sick of these goddamn police" as he was taken into custody this afternoon....
Posted: Sat, Jun 6, 2020 5:29pm PDT