The City of Watsonville has been cited for not complying with a state fluoridation deadline. The $200 fine, which has been suspended until the end of this month, was included in the citation issued by the State Department of Public Health on Wednesday for failing to meet a deadline to commit to fluoridating the public water supply by this Sunday. The deadline was set in a citation issued by state public health officials on August 19th. A written commitment to fluoridate is being required by state officials by September 29th.
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1 person was found dead and 2 others are still being sought after a plane crashed in a lagoon off the San Francisco Bay this morning. The twin-engine Beechcraft plane crashed into the Oracle Lagoon in the Redwood Shores neighborhood at 11:53 a.m.. The body of a 40-year old woman has been recovered, divers, however, are still searching for the bodies of 2 men, who were believed to be inside the plane during the time of the crash. Officials say the plane, which went down after taking off from the San Carlos Airport, was owned by 92-year old Robert Borrmann, the founder of a local steel company. The plane was headed south for San Martin, just north of Gilroy, when it crashed for mechanical reasons.
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With the statewide ban rejected by legislators, a number of county supervisors around the state, including Santa Cruz county, plan to create their own rules about plastic bags. Local leaders say they’ll work on prohibitions on plastic carry-out bags. They further said that the plastic bags are not only an environmental hazard, they also cost a lot of money to collect, and they take up a lot of space in landfills.
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No one was injured when a big-rig overturned on southbound Highway 17 this morning. The trailer was carrying a load of beer. Southbound traffic was diverted onto Summit Road from around 6:30 until 10:23 this morning. The northbound lanes of traffic (of Highway 17) also moved very slowly for much of that time.
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