Protesters and Mourners Fill City Hall
About 70 people gathered into the rows of Santa Cruz City Hall on Tuesday night to voice their opinions about the police-involved shooting of Sean Arlt on Oct. 16. Arlt was a Santa Cruz resident, father and poet who had a mental illness. Over 30...
Fight Continues for Beach Flats Garden
By Keiera Bradley and Juan Cristian Villamil By 7 p.m., Santa Cruz City Hall was filled with about 100 Beach Flats community garden supporters wearing neon green shirts and handmade vegetable-shaped paper hats. The crowd was a mix of Beach Flats residents, UC Santa Cruz students and...
Last Week at City Council in Photos
By Casey Amaral and Stephen de Ropp About 100 people filled the Santa Cruz City Hall Chamber on Oct. 13 to voice their dissatisfaction with the upcoming closure of the Beach Flats Community Garden. The future of the garden is threatened by the property’s owner,...
Seeking Solutions For Local Housing Crisis
Concerns raised about tenant evictions and limitations on student housing following city inspections of dwelling units in Santa Cruz.