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Rise of the Santa Cruz Moderatesnew
Following the country’s rightward shift, liberal Santa Cruz moves toward the center.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
09-29-2010 |
Politics
Scientific Shakeupnew
The abrupt dismissals of five California scientists from an important regulatory board has environmentalists calling foul.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
09-08-2010 |
Environment
Sundown For The PACE Solar Panel Financing Programnew
Property Assessed Clean Energy was supposed to help millions afford solar panels. Then Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ruined the party.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
08-09-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Solar Energy
Santa Cruz Pins Crime Fighting Hopes on Pogonip Pathnew
Santa Cruz leaders are hoping a bike path through the heroin and meth dealing nexus of the Pogonip park will clean up crime. Experts say otherwise.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
08-03-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Pension Tensions in Santa Cruznew
Santa Cruz spends 40 percent more on police and firefighter retirement than surrounding cities. No wonder the departing city manager is calling for pension reform.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
06-16-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: CalPERS
In Santa Cruz, Anarchists of All Stripesnew
In the wake of the May 1 riot in Santa Cruz, Curtis Cartier asks: Are there good anarchists and bad anarchists?
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
05-11-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Are Santa Cruz Pot Dispensaries Making A Profit?new
The Santa Cruz City Council may soon force the city's two medical pot dispensaries to prove they don't make a profit.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
03-30-2010 |
Drugs
UC Santa Cruz Researcher Finds Albatross Tragedynew
Myra Finkelstein has discovered that lead paint chips from an abandoned U.S. Navy base on the Midway Atoll are poisoning thousands of albatross chicks each year. Her latest study shows that the disease droopwing is causing a substantive drop in the Laysan albatross population worldwide.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
02-03-2010 |
Animal Issues
FDA Late to Fight Rampant Abuse of OxyContinnew
An estimated 70 percent of Central Coast heroin addicts start out on pharmaceuticals like OxyContin. Now, after widespread abuse, the FDA is looking to clamp down on drug makers. For Stefan R., a recovering addict, the efforts are too little, too late.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
12-17-2009 |
Drugs
Junkie Town: Santa Cruz's Heroin Problemnew
In the woods just outside Santa Cruz, heroin is laying waste to a hidden population.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
12-02-2009 |
Drugs
Photos: La Nueva Generacionnew
Santa Cruz's Beach Flats neighborhood is a community in transition. The older generations, having immigrated mostly from Mexico, South and Central America, have started new families. Through their children, they are both changing the way that they’ve lived for decades and changing the way that the rest of Santa Cruz lives today.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
09-16-2009 |
Immigration
Experts Give Us the Skinny on Health Care Reformnew
We spoke with two health industry experts and asked them to cut through the noise and give real answers on what health care reform means, and how you can stay abreast of the facts and avoid the fiction.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
08-27-2009 |
Politics
In California, Advocates Push for Reform of Parole Process to Ease Prison Strainnew
California's Board of Parole Hearings grants parole to less than one percent of eligible lifers. Now, as the state's prison system is packed to 200 percent capacity, some are arguing for reform to the parole system that's keeping lifers doing life.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
08-20-2009 |
Crime & Justice
