A fire burning in the Big Sur area this evening is 50% contained. Cal-fire officials received a report of a fire that broke out near the Little Sur River and Old Coast Road, near El Sur Ranch at around 4 p.m. The fire, which has burned 35 acres so far, is near the communities of Palo Colorado and Big Sur. Cal-Fire responded with 13 fire engines, including 2 from the U.S. Forest Service, along with 3 helicopters and 4 airtankers. Crews are expected to remain on scene during the night. No injuries have been reported, and no evacuations have been made.
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A group protesting a sleeping ban at the Santa Cruz County courthouse, warned county supervisors today, to stay out of their way and allow their concerns to be heard. A lead organizer of the group, “Peace Camp 2010” told supervisors, during their weekly meeting, to allow demonstrators to make their case against the city‘s homeless policies. The group, which has been protesting the city’s camping ban near the County Government Center at OceanWater Streets every night since July 4th, is demanding the City rescind it’s camping ban, and forgive all prior camping citations. and
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A Capitola man pleaded not guilty today after being charged with murdering an alleged drug dealer then leaving his body in a parked car at Soquel High School last week. 44-year old Federico Castillo Lozoya reportedly shot 34-year old Juan Carlos Garcia in the head, then drove Garcia’s car to the school parking lot on Soquel San Jose Road and left the vehicle there with Garcia’s body in the backseat. A passerby noticed the body around 12:30 p.m. Friday and contacted authorities. Lozoya, who was arrested Saturday night, is slated to return to court on August 17th, when he is expected to enter a plea.
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A new program, being developed by NASA, may soon be able to help California farmers with their crops. NASA, through a partnership with the California Department of Water Resources, Western Growers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and several others, will combine irrigation information with weather data, crop types and soil maps to estimate a farm’s needs. The program, which will provide weekly satellite images that show farmers which crops need water and which don’t, is still in it’s planning stages, no date has yet been set on when the NASA program will be ready.
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