A 74.5-million dollar general fund was approved by city council members in Santa Cruz today. After a 6-percent drop from 2009 to 2010, revenues are expected to rise 1.2 million over last year due to projected increases in sales tax, fines and permits. The new plan, which represents a budget that is 5-percent smaller than it was 2 years ago, allows for expenditures which is said to leave an estimated 2.2 million dollar deficit that the council is looking to eradicate by using 1-million dollars in reserves along with cutting other costs. Some of the areas affected include cuts in social services including the county’s Conference and Visitors Council and the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County.
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Charges against 4 animal rights activists accused of a violent protest at the home of a U.C. Santa Cruz researcher nearly 2 years ago, have been dismissed. A federal judge, who dismissed the case a month ago, sided with the activists in a 14-page ruling issued yesterday. The judge claims the rulings against the 4 were not specific enough. Joseph Buddenberg, Maryam Khajavi, Nathan Pope and Adriana Stumpo were arrested back in February of 2009 and charged with interfering with animal enterprise, a violation of a federal law and conspiracy.
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Police say that a body found in the garage of a Salinas home Monday afternoon, was not related to the 2 shootings reported earlier in that area. The body, which has been identified as 30-year old James Martin, was found by the Clay Street homeowner around 5 p.m,. lying in a pool of blood. Police believe Martin, who lived nearby, broke into the home. A preliminary autopsy has ruled out suicide as the cause of death, however, police are awaiting the results of a full autopsy report (slated to be released tomorrow) before saying what actually killed him.
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THIS WEEK, THE 100TH CALIFORNIA RODEO SALINAS WILL BEGIN….AND TO MARK THE CENTENNIAL A NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HELD.
- AT 7 P.M. THIS EVENING, A SCREENING IS SLATED TO BE HELD IN THE RODEO ROOM AT THE SALINAS SPORTS COMPLEX. THE FILM IS CALLED: 100 YEARS OF TRADITION: A COMMEMORATIVE DVD PREMIER EVENT.
- TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) THE ANNUAL COWBOY SHOOT-OUT GOLF TOURNAMENT IS SET TO BEGIN AT LAGUNA SECA GOLF RANCH AT 8 A.M., AND AT 5 P.M. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE GATES OF THE SALINAS SPORTS COMPLEX WILL OPEN FOR THE PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING EXHIBITION (WHICH IS SLATED TO BEGIN AT 7 P.M.
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