Santa Cruz City Planning Commissioners are set to discuss a proposal to develop a housing complex near a downtown funeral crematorium. The plan proposes a 40-unit high-income housing development as close as 100-feet from the crematorium on the Ocean Street Extension. Several issues at hand include increased traffic hazards on a portion of Graham Hill Road, as well as blocked access for emergency vehicles. City members are expected to discuss a plan to address traffic issues, as well as other concerns such as pedestrian safety and mercury pollution on Thursday November 4th at the Santa Cruz City Council Chambers on Center Street in Santa Cruz.
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A rally was held Saturday by Monterey County postal workers protesting the possible shutdown of the Salinas mail-processing plant. The protest was in response to a study to determine possible economic benefits of moving mail processing from Salinas to San Jose, a process that’s expected to last several months as well as close the plant and displace over 4-dozen workers. Protesters say closing the Post Drive plant would disrupt lives and employees could be transferred as far as 900 miles as well as delay mail.
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Nearly $400,000 was raised after a raffle to help benefit Santa Cruz County schools was held over the weekend. The annual Drive for Schools fundraiser brought in 3-hundred and 84-thousand dollars for 67 public schools across Santa Cruz County. The winning raffle ticket, which was drawn by Santa Cruz resident Hillary Hirano, was for a Toyota Prius, Subaru Outback or $25,000 in cash. Each raffle ticket cost $5 with schools taking home all funds generated by their individual ticket sales.
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The president of a Gonzales fertilizer company pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he knowingly sold chemical fertilizer as organic. Peter Townsley entered the plea on October 15th. Federal prosecutors allege that between the years of 2000 and 2006, Townsley’s company, California Liquid Fertilizer, sold 6-million dollars worth of fertilizer that contained chemicals rather than fish and feathermeal. Townsley faces charges of mail fraud, conspiring to commit mail fraud and making false statements. He is expected to appear in court in December.
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